Source Code Dispute in Boston's Big Dig

JoshuaDFranklin writes "Boston's 'Big Dig' is famously long-running and over budget as noted before on Slashdot. But now Computerworld is reporting that a Software Ownership Battle Adds $10M to Cost of 'Big Dig'. The legal dispute was over whether Massachusetts had the right to share Transdyn source code with Honeywell, causing $2.72 million in damages and $7.2 million in costs of a four-month delay in the project."

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this is so miniscule compared to total cost- Fp?

[Monf]

So, because they didn't go with open-source software the cost (to date) of the Big Dig has skyrocketed by a whopping 7/10th of a percent???

You know, my ex wouldn't tell me how she made fried chicken, so I went to (fill in your favorite chicken place) and had fried chicken overruns of almost 600%, because she wouldn't release the open source code to the recipe.

It's kind of funny to see Transdyn pull the fast one on Honeywell that you always see developers do to small doctor's offices - refuse to hand over the source code.

Let's see, Transdyn says the code is proprietary, so when Honeywell tries to tweak it to work with the Big Dig, Transdyn sues them for theft of intellectual property.

Is Transdyn that new SCO subsidiary??