Re:Why it is important that software projects fail (2008)
by afarrell on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:35PM
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> It will never be perfect, like anything else, but it can be good.
As a US -> UK immigrant:
1. This is true.
2. This is made harder or easier by the complexity of the underlying abstractions it is trying to model.
I suspect the software that the NHS has to calculate how much to charge medical patients is very simple.
In my experience, there is a correlation between parties that follow the science, invest in education, and create useful software.
My critique is towards people that gives up and says that governments cannot make good software. And, that is false. It will never be perfect, like anything else, but it can be good.