All these projects are simply ways to shift public money into private hands, usually the mates of whoever is in government. Waste is the last thing on their minds.
On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, 12:49 pm Greg Low, <g...@greglow.com> wrote: > ViC basically built their own. NSW also built their own, then trashed it > and bought Opal. QLD also built their own (GoCard). It's all stunning waste > in unnecessary redesign. > > These were already well known technologies. > > Friend of mine was driving buses in Brisbane. He said when they first > deployed GoCard, they couldn't get things like sensitivities right. He'd > drive past a bus stop and it would charge everyone standing there. > > We did not need to learn all this again. > > Regards, > > Greg > > Dr Greg Low > SQL Down Under Pty Ltd > Mobile: +61419201410 Office: 1300775775 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of DotNet Dude < > adotnetd...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 24, 2019 10:53 am > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Fines Victoria crisis deepens > > Myki is another product bought from overseas I heard. From one of the > Scandinavian countries I think. Managed by NTTData from memory, could be > wrong, don’t quote me. > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 at 10:42, David Connors <da...@connors.com> wrote: > >> Myki in Vic should get a notable mention... ticketing system for trams >> and trains that was the same price as building sending a couple of >> Opportunity Rovers to Mars. >> >> David Connors >> da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 >> Telegram: https://t.me/davidconnors >> LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors >> >> >> >> On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 19:50, Grant Maw <grant....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It's not just Victoria. The QLD government IT projects 9ver recent years >>> have also been rolled gold catastrophes >>> >>> On Wed, 23 Oct. 2019, 11:24 am Greg Keogh, <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting front page article in The Age newspaper today >>>> <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/fines-victoria-system-collapses-leaving-massive-hole-in-state-budget-20191022-p5333d.html> >>>> about a Victorian government IT disaster. IT disasters are routine (I'm >>>> sure we've all caused a few!) but it's interesting that they actually name >>>> the software as VIEW from a company called Civica. The article is a bit >>>> vague about what's actually wrong, it just says "[it] doesn't work", "the >>>> system was absolute chaos" and systems are not "talking to" their >>>> computers. Does anyone have inside gossip about what really happened? >>>> >>>> There was another vast IT disaster a few years ago related to the >>>> education system I think, where dodgy contracts were being awarded to >>>> mates, and I think the loss ran into the hundreds of millions. That story >>>> vanished from the news and I never found out what happened. >>>> >>>> *Greg K* >>>> >>>
