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On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll
system "Phoenix" is screwing up a lot. This article does a reasonable
job of describing how the problems happened.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.itworldcanada.com/blog/phoenix-payroll-report-by-michael-wernick-the-clerk-of-the-privy-council/385370"><http://www.itworldcanada.com/blog/phoenix-payroll-report-by-michael-wernick-the-clerk-of-the-privy-council/385370></a>
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<tt>Interesting.</tt><tt><br>
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I have a slightly different take.<br>
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</tt><tt>Through my wife's work I have had a chance to see lots of
government projects (mostly Ontario) and I have come to the
conclusion that the insistance of project managers to go with safe
products like Oracle and Microsoft and Cisco are the reason lots
of projects are off the rails.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Big companies know how to bill and charge for changes but
the products and services seldom come close to the sales pitch.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>But nobody will get fired for buying
IBM/Cisco/Oracle/Microsoft.....</tt><br>
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