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Re:EU shoots for €10B ‘industrial cloud’ to rival US by ClumsyPilot on Sunday October 18, 2020 @10:36AM (#24818140)
If the app was developed on time and works, thats fine. 60 million isn't that much in the grand scheme of government contracts. In a situation like this i would want a proven vendor, and pay premium over startups.

UK has spent 11 billion on a healthcare IT system and got nothing to show for it.

https://independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/hea...

Re:EU shoots for €10B ‘industrial cloud’ to rival US by robertlagrant on Sunday October 18, 2020 @10:39AM (#24818162)
It doesn't have nothing to show - lots of stuff did get usefully upgraded (thankfully) although of course nowhere near 11 billion's worth.

It's the public sector commissioning the private sector in matters that it often doesn't understand. This will fail far more often than it will succeed.

Re:EU shoots for €10B ‘industrial cloud’ to rival US by joejerryronnie on Sunday October 18, 2020 @04:28PM (#24820871)
It’s also the byzantine vendor sourcing process that many gov agencies use. They end up hiring companies who are experts in navigating that process vs companies who are experts in the actual competency required by the project.