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UK Government Spending £6,000 Per Computer Every Year To Maintain Desktops

Posted by samzenpus on from the white-elephant-computing dept.

girlmad writes "The UK government's chief operating officer Stephen Kelly offered a frightening insight into the world of government IT spending this week. According to Kelly, the government spends £6,000 per year per PC just to maintain the devices, and wastes 3 days per year per person due to slow boot-up times."

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  1. Number I pulled out of my ass way too high! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whoa, so I like talked to this guy and he was all like "Dude, I bet the UK spends like 6k pounds per desktop." And I was all like "Whoa, that number is so fucking high, man. How did you figure that out?" And he was all like "Dude, you just had to be there." And then I was like "Whoa, you could buy like so many fucking iPads with that money." And he was all like "Dude, sooo fucking many." And then I wrote this article about it.

  2. Re:How is this even possible? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    (I, like any true /.er haven't read it)

    Read what?

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  3. Re:How is this even possible? by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Funny

    They pay 2 dingos and a bushman a month.

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