Re:What went wrong with Horizon: learning from the Post Offi...
by k1t on Thursday January 04, 2024 @11:39AM
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The Horizon system was well known to be extremely buggy though.
The developer, who has not previously talked publicly about his experiences on the project, told Computer Weekly that in the months leading up to its launch, Horizon’s problems were well known inside Fujitsu.
“Everybody in the building by the time I got there knew it was a bag of s*t”, he said. “It had gone through the test labs God knows how many times, and the testers were raising bugs by the thousand.”
...the High Court judge said he would refer Fujitsu to the Director of Public Prosecutions for possible further action because he had "grave concerns" about the evidence of the company's employees.
The developer, who has not previously talked publicly about his experiences on the project, told Computer Weekly that in the months leading up to its launch, Horizon’s problems were well known inside Fujitsu.
“Everybody in the building by the time I got there knew it was a bag of s*t”, he said. “It had gone through the test labs God knows how many times, and the testers were raising bugs by the thousand.”
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496560/Fujitsu-bosses...
...the High Court judge said he would refer Fujitsu to the Director of Public Prosecutions for possible further action because he had "grave concerns" about the evidence of the company's employees.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036