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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=596
Trigem snags e-voting systems deal
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
July 3rd 2002
Will you be casting your ballot electronically in the near future?
Nikkei Asia Biz Tech (NABT) reports that Trigem Computer of Korea, one of the
companies behind eMachines computers, has announced that it has signed a deal with
Ferey International for e-voting (electronic) systems. The deal is reportedly worth
US$250 million
Trigem said it will supply a total of 100,000 electronic voting machines to the US
firm, which is a four-year-old information systems, security and voting solutions
company.
Trigem officials told NABT, "We obtained a valuable deal as a PC maker, as our target
is to become a general exporter of information technology products, including e-voting
systems."
The deal was obtained in partnership with Hyundai Corp and Interconware Inc.
Ferey International''s website states the company "is a four-year-old information
systems, security and voting solutions company providing expertise to international
and domestic commercial clients. FEREY''s primary division addresses IT based services
to insure the security of America''s people and democratic principles. The second is
providing technology-based services and products for elections, the very basis of a
democratic government."
Other than the somewhat scary ''democratic platitudes'' from Ferey quoted above, the
other companies'' websites don''t offer any details about what these ''systems'' are
or who might be interested in buying them.
Analysis: How many voting machines is 100,000? Is that enough to collect and tally
ballots in a dozen states? Is this a hard contract (i.e. Ferey has already inked deals
for their installation and use) or is it deal predicated on the notion that someone,
somewhere will buy them someday?
Lastly, will anyone trust the company (Trigem) that is failing at making cheap Windoze
boxes to produce bullet-proof voting systems? I don''t see the synergy myself.
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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=596
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