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When IT and Bad Government Meet, Everyone Loses

Posted by chrisd on from the 9-track-really-isn't-the-answer dept.

Cron-os writes "The city of Wilkes Barre, Pa is furiously trying to enter some 25,000 tax records into their new PC network. Their aging AS/400 crashed sometime around April 15, and the city did not renew a maintenance contract with IBM because it cost more than the PC network. You can read the associated articles here, here, and here. I'm so glad I live across the river in a SANE city." I wonder if these bozos run their schools and roads departments with the same level of professionalism.

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  1. this is getting out of hand by BigBir3d · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    why are there so many stories on slashdot that were on fark.com the day/night before?

  2. Re:Do you even know where Wilkes-Barre is, Chris? by SevenTowers · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    excuse me, but since when are trolls rated so high? especially since this guy posted another blurb rated 5 about 2 posts down. And they say exactly the same thing.

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  3. Re:Pinchpenny stories... by (outer-limits) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Refurbished only means, "we have a bunch of these out the back that we bought cheap, if one fails, we'll just give you another one". The most refurbised ever means is it actually got wiped with a cloth dipped in metho.

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  4. No Bridge Here by virg_mattes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ignore the moderator who thoughtlessly labeled you a troll. I got it, and unlike Her Majesty, I was very amused.

    Virg