http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/ Notes From A Strange Place Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/#comment-29 Andy Allan Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:03:54 +0000 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/#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-27 Eddie Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:50:43 +0000 http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2004/07/20/good-idea-wrong-solution/#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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