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Univ. of Wisconsin's 30-Year-Old Payroll System Needs a $40 Million Fix

Posted by timothy on from the too-big-to-not-fail dept.

jaroslav writes "The University of Wisconsin is attempting to update a payroll system they have had in place since 1975, but spent $28.4 million in a 2004 attempt with no results, and now is experiencing new overruns in cost and time after 'not hav[ing] the full picture of how complex this project would be.' The current estimate of the redesign is $12 million and years of further work on top of the money already spent."

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  1. Bug in CSS on /. ? (xp opera 10) by rs79 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Looks like somebody left out a close table data cell. Sometime after midnight reply started behaving very oddly.

    Given there's articles about opera this week is it really too much to expect that changes are tested in opera?

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