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> Actually large private enterprises don't usually make this kind of mistake. This is a typical big government project. Your last two points contradict your fi
by rikthevik 13y ago
> Actually large private enterprises don't usually make this kind of mistake. This is a typical big government project.
Your last two points contradict your first two. There's nothing unique about a government's ability to make terrible decisions. I'd say one difference is that private enterprises typically go under if the mistake is big enough, and they have no great interest in telling the public about their mistakes.
- macspoofing 13y agoI just don't think a large enterprise would engage in an internal $100 million project to build a CMS. I'm not saying private enterprises can't fail or don't fail. They just wouldn't fail in this specific way at that magnitude.
- ceejayoz 13y agoMassive write-offs for failed projects and acquisitions are pretty common in large enterprises.
- macspoofing 13y agoFailed acquisitions are pretty common, failed projects too. I'm not disputing that, and that wasn't my argument. I added a clarification to my post.
- andyjohnson0 13y ago"I just don't think a large enterprise would engage in an internal $100 million project to build a CMS." Isn't this a circular argument? If a company doesn't want to build a system in-house then its only other option is to contract another company to build it. At some point, someone has to build the system.