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Re: [LUG] Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal

 

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:46:50 +0100
Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:20:30 +0100
> Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Too right - NHS software isn't written as software, it is packaged
> > using proprietary "toolkits" that don't need anything as taxing as a
> > language. Think of the love child of Glade and Visual Basic. Little
> > wonder the crap doesn't work.
> 
> One of the main reasons NHS software doesn't work is because all the
> people involved in "designing" the software have little or no idea of
> what is actually required.

It's a government operation, what can anyone really expect?
 
> The same applies to software used by the CPS and ONS.  Coincidentally,
> or not depending on your PoV, both are also government agencies.

That's no coincidence.

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