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The German federal government had past bad experiences with the company contracted to collect car/truck tolls on federal roadways. The product launch was delaye
by est31 6y ago
The German federal government had past bad experiences with the company contracted to collect car/truck tolls on federal roadways. The product launch was delayed due to the contractor and thus the government lost lots of revenue from tolls. A 15 year long fight with the owners of the company ensued. Maybe they wanted to avoid that by just putting a large pile of cash onto the table, ensuring that SAP+DTG put their best people behind it. Delays in COVID-App deployment cost real lives instead of just revenue.
It's great that it worked nice in Italy, but giving the contract to a random startup is more of a gamble I think.
- siscia 6y agoI am not a big fan of bending spoon, but calling them a random startup is quite misslleading. They are a rather small company by headcount but with great success in the app consumer market and with a lot of experience in the sector. Not everything need to be huge to be good and successfully, especially in technology.