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Michigan Sues HP Over Decade Long, $49 Million Incomplete Project

Posted by samzenpus on from the almost-done dept.

itwbennett writes: On Friday, embattled HP was hit with a new lawsuit filed by the state of Michigan over a 10-year-old, $49 million project that called for HP to replace a legacy mainframe-based system built in the 1960s. Through the suit filed in Kent County Circuit Court, the state seeks $11 million in damages along with attorney's fees and the funds needed to rebid and re-procure the contract.

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  1. Re:I cheer when I read stories like this by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love it when sales folks write checks that their ass's can't cash.

    What does that even mean?

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  2. Re:I cheer when I read stories like this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I can add that to the list of things I used to wonder about and wish I never found out.

  3. Re:I cheer when I read stories like this by germansausage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three biggest lies of a Cowboy :
     
    I won the buckle in a rodeo.
     
    The truck's paid for.
     
    I was just helping the sheep over the fence.

  4. Re: I cheer when I read stories like this by dunkelfalke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do you Texans shoot other people's donkeys for no reason?

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