http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/ Notes From A Strange Place Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Andy Allan Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:03:54 +0000 /?p=154#comment-29 Aah, but they always <i>claim</i> to have learned - well, that's the excuse for the latest NHS system. To quote the Economist, "a comprehensive national electronic system, costing £6 billion, making it the biggest civilian IT project in the world." Now are we optimists, or realists? :-) Aah, but they always claim to have learned – well, that’s the excuse for the latest NHS system. To quote the Economist, “a comprehensive national electronic system, costing £6 billion, making it the biggest civilian IT project in the world.” Now are we optimists, or realists?

]]> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Eddie Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:50:43 +0000 /?p=154#comment-27 You may be interested to here that the Institution of Electrical Engineers responded to the govenment's request for views on ID cards with some simmiler points about the inability of government/civil service to build IT systems. Their comments left a distinct idea in my mind the government should try and learn with other projects first... You may be interested to here that the Institution of Electrical Engineers responded to the govenment’s request for views on ID cards with some simmiler points about the inability of government/civil service to build IT systems. Their comments left a distinct idea in my mind the government should try and learn with other projects first…

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