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NYC Mayor Demands $600M Refund On Software Project
alphadogg writes "New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is demanding that systems integrator Science Applications International Corporation reimburse more than $600 million it was paid in connection with the troubled CityTime software project, a long-running effort to overhaul the city's payroll system. 'The City relied on the integrity of SAIC as one of the nation's leading technology application companies to execute the CityTime project within a reasonable amount of time and within budget given the system's size and complexity,' Bloomberg wrote in a letter Wednesday to SAIC CEO Walter Havenstein. CityTime was launched in 2003 at a budget of $63 million, but costs swelled dramatically as the project stumbled along for nearly a decade."
The Honorable Mayor Bloomberg is shocked, shocked, to discover fraud and waste going on here...
Nope. But they did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...
to make sure that thousand dollar escort treated the Senator just right.
The EULA specifically says that you can't ever, never sue us--for any reason. It also says that this software is not in any way obligated to ever function.
Hey, you clicked through it.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
This year's America's Cup is sponsored by another company that makes shoddy, overpriced software -- Oracle.
I guess there's a connection between shady businesses and rich assholes who race yachts. Who ever would have guessed?
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
That's amazing and just plain brilliant! This simple suggestion may well revolutionize the attendance software development industry. I wonder if it could be adapted to other types of software?
It would, since in all the time I've been entering my time into computerized timecard systems it's been painfully apparent that NOT ONE FUCKING CODE MONKEY HAS EVER TRIED IT.
And yes, I believe that other types of software would benefit from it greatly. They have my permission to use it, without restriction.