__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 06 March 2007 11:08 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> iSoft in critical condition as NHS trusts seek alternatives
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The government's vision of an integrated computer system for the
>> | NHS is coming apart at the seams as NHS trusts are to start looking
>> | for alternative IT suppliers, The Guardian reports.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/05/nhs_upgrade_alt/
>
> This whole farce is typical of the misguided perceptions within the
> vertical markets, that you must pay some 1st tier vertical integrator to
> provide a proprietary solution, rather than a 2nd tier solutions
> provider using open standards.
>
> And the result?
>
> Cheap, poorly trained, sweat shop, foreign labour; creating half-baked
> solutions that are delayed and simply don't work; thus depriving the
> client of vital resources, their customers of vital services, and the
> skilled indigenous workforce of employment.
>
> And all the while, the destructive force of globalisation keep marching.
>
> When will this institutionalised ignorance ever end?
I did some maths later. A family of 4 pays $2000 for this failed project.
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