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Re:A corrupt file led to the FAA ground stoppage. It was als... by rmrfchik on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:57AM (#34350885)
Just my 2 cents: 2 billons are payed not for reliability but for size. Size of the system (and size of the team).
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Re:A corrupt file led to the FAA ground stoppage. It was als... by hgsgm on Thursday January 12, 2023 @08:35AM (#34353239)
Reliability makes the system and team bigger.
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Re:A corrupt file led to the FAA ground stoppage. It was als... by dmix on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:07AM (#34355609)
$2 billion is an insane amount of money even for a major gov software project

And even after $2B it was completely broken and late and required another year and hundreds of millions.

I get the feeling people see thousands of millions of dollars as some abstract thing. You could build an A+ team with 1/100th that cash. Yet it still ends up sucked down a blackhole that's only designed to consume more money.

And there's zero consequences for failure. The same few contractors will get the contract next time.

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