Comment on The UK's second-biggest city is so broke they can no longer keep the lights on
notgold@aussie.zone 5 months agoSystem was supposed to save 1/2 million per year has cost them an extra 85million in 2 years. That’s 170 years of proposed savings. Council is expecting it to cost a further 46 million to fix. Fuck Oracle and fuck the IT manager that accepted this
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 months ago
They should sue and use oracles history to show they do it on purpose and so were disingenuous in negotiations.
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 5 months ago
No no no, that just reflects the nature of the difficult market of problems that Oracle is trying to solve. Just because they choose to solve difficult problems for people shouldn’t mean they get punished. 🪂
notgold@aussie.zone 5 months ago
True I never thought of those poor poor consultants figuring out bespoke systems to cater for all the individuals in Birmingham. They should be paid more for what they do