Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
by jemmyw on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:47PM
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The problem with that is that it would require a huge amount of coordination for it to be by design. I think it's better to look on it as systemic. Which isn't to say there aren't malign forces contributing.
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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
by hackthemack on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:41PM
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I agree. Perhaps, "by design" is not the correct phrasing. Many decisions and effects go through a multi weighted graph of complexity (sort of like machine learning).
Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
by tra3 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:18PM
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Indeed. How does that saying go? Don’t attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity?
On the other hand Microsoft and taceboook did collude to keep salaries low. So who knows.
Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
by hackthemack on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @03:00PM
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Anyone in tech should read up on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
It was more tech companies in collusion than many people realize. 1) Apple and Google, (2) Apple and Adobe, (3) Apple and Pixar, (4) Google and Intel, (5) Google and Intuit, and (6) Lucasfilm and Pixar.
It was settled out of court. One of the plaintiffs was very vocal that the settlement was a travesty of justice. The companies paid less in the settlement than the amount they saved by colluding to keep wages down.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/06/19/judge-questions-settl...