I didn't know about that issue. Although your story also include: > Since then, Queensland has initiated - and > comprehensively lost - attempts to recoup da

I didn't know about that issue. Although your story also include: > Since then, Queensland has initiated - and > comprehensively lost - attempts to recoup damages > from the failed project. A judge has ordered the > government to pay all IBM’s legal costs in the > failed suit. Ouch. I know nothing about the rights and wrongs of that case, but many of these agencies wounds are self-inflicted. I heard informally of one case where a federal department demanded a "big bang" change introducing multiple new systems all in one go, even though it was obvious (and IBM advised) that the thing be done incrementally. Of course the budget and timeline ended up blowing out. I expect that sort of thing is quite common, and companies like IBM will be perfectly happy to take advantage of the blowouts.