[geeks] product quality

[Mike Meredith]

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:38:53 -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > Seriously, I've considered putting together a short book called
> > "Good Enough For Goverment Work: IT Boondoggles in the Public
> > Sector".  I have enough stories[1] to fill a chapter or two.  I'm
> > sure other folks do, as well.
> 
> If you can do it without violating any nondisclosures, DO IT.  People
> need to know how their tax dollars are being squandered and wasted on
> turning small problems into big ones.

Indeed.

It's interesting to note however that in the UK, this problem has been
spotted and it's now quite common to have IT projects handed off to the
private sector. Unfortunately it hasn't stopped the IT disasters :(

It would seem that drooling incompetants can be found everywhere.