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Boston's Big Dig Delayed Because of Programmers?

Posted by chrisd on from the twelve-billion-beautiful-dollars dept.

dalewj writes "This article in the Boston Globe explains that Boston's Big Dig will be ready to open on time, if the software developers and cable layers can get their act together." Turns out honeywell's software isn't quite ready.

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  1. It's supposed to end? by IPFreely · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the Big Dig was supposed to go on forever.

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  2. Waiting on Programmers? by da3dAlus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the software was working fine? I mean, that little guy on the screen is going to town with that shovel...

    OH, "Big Dig", I thought you said "Dig Dug".
    Nevermind.

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  3. favorite quote by skydude_20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Larry Bossidy, the just-retired CEO of Honeywell, one of the Dig contractors that may contribute to delayed openings of the tunnel sections, is in town tomorrow to give a speech at the Marriott Long Wharf to promote his new book. The title? Funny you should ask. It's called "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done."

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  4. I-93 by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    I-93. Where else can you park in downtown Boston for free?

  5. More roads by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Building more roads to combat traffic congestion is like buying a bigger belt to combat obesity.

  6. Yet you have time to read /. by gatkinso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get back to work, you.

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  7. I know my taxes go into a big hole in the ground.. by raehl · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I didn't know the hole was in Boston.

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  8. Re:I'm a programmer in BigDig... by rodbegbie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forgive me if I misquote:

    * It's not our fault, it's the previous contractor's.

    * It's not our fault, it's management.

    * It's not our fault, it's the client.

    * It's not our fault, the requirement are fuzzy.

    * It's not our fault, it's the politics.

    Well, bad news, bucko: Welcome to the software industry. You've just used up your quota of excuses. You cannot bitch about a project until the next fical year.

    rOD.

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