[LRUG] This can't be right...

[David Salgado]

Welcom to the wonderful world of government contracts! How do you
think companies are able to afford to bribe ministers to make laws
that are favourable to their business models (ID cards, anyone)?

David

On 09/08/07, Daniel Lucraft <dan at fluentradical.com> wrote:
>
> Here's the deal. The Ministry of Justice orders an application from EDS
> to track prisoner's parole status nationally. Requirements:
> (1) 300,000 prisoners to track.
> (2) 70,000 users total, spread around the country.
>
> EDS bill?   £945m.
>
> WTF? Anyone have any comments on this? How is that possible?
>
> Dan
>
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