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Re:The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app were the res... by Angostura on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:45AM (#23599541)
The poster is being downvoted because it’s wasn’t suppose to work’ is unsupported supposition.

Even if the contract was awarded unfairly through the old boy’s network, the intention was still for it to work.

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Re:The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app were the res... by lnanek2 on Monday June 22, 2020 @10:11AM (#23600368)
> the intention was still for it to work

Not sure why you would think that. I've worked in government before and seen contracts awarded to companies that had no chance of completing them. The intention was invariably to line a friend's pockets and book lots of consulting hours.

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Re:The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app were the res... by alimw on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:19PM (#23602853)
Even with this perspective the original comment doesn't make sense since it also says the app was meant "to gather information on us".
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