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BSkyB Wins £709m Lawsuit Against HP-EDS

Posted by kdawson on from the pants-on-fire dept.

E5Rebel writes "In a massive legal case in the UK, HP-EDS has been found guilty of 'fraudulent misrepresentation' by their sales team when winning a major CRM project. Settlement could cost £200M out of an initial claim for £700M. HP's only relief was that parts of the claim were dismissed, but the core claim was upheld. HP is likely to appeal. Outsourcing will never be the same again. HP workers have been on strike against pay cuts last week; no doubt management will try and screw them further to pay for this debacle."

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  1. Re:Overstated. by machine321 · · Score: 2, Funny

    it could lead to a real scratching of heads, particularly among lawyers."

    At least they've been practicing scratching the other end.

    Sorry, I mean practising.

  2. Douche bag editoral summary by BitZtream · · Score: 1, Funny

    Outsourcing will never be the same again. HP workers have been on strike against pay cuts last week; no doubt management will try and screw them further to pay for this debacle.

    Let me give you a little fucking hint, when the company you work for, losses a 200M lawsuit, because you were a fuck up ... a pay cut should be the least of your worries.

    Where the fuck did this ridiculous sense of entitlement come from? What the hell is wrong with people now days? You don't exactly get raises when you screw up, ESPECIALLY when you end up costing millions to the company. The only time you get pay increases in this situation is when you're a US CEO of a massive company and cost millions of people pain and suffering, THEN you get a bonus.

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  3. Re:F |_| C K EDS by BitZtream · · Score: 2, Funny

    You realize that we're adults and that you're retarded use of ascii isn't required since no one cares if you say 'fuck' right?

    As for their employees, it sounds like they fucked up enough on their own and are too stupid to get a job anywhere else.

    Its funny that you talk about 'screwing over the employees' when ... well, they just lost the company 200m

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  4. Oh my God by TRRosen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sales people lied...I'm Shocked.

  5. Re:If EDS has to tell the truth it is dead. by afabbro · · Score: 2, Funny

    They do a good job of things like hosting and infrastructure (in fact they host most of the airline reservations systems worldwide)

    Hopefully you just chose a bad example ;-)

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