The linked article does not mention which IT company was involved.

This article https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cio.com%2Farticle%2F38... mentions EvoSys who I had never heard of before this

"Although the council had expected to implement the system out-of-the-box, it made customized modifications including the introduction of the BRS, which failed to function as planned."

Adding customizations defeats the purpose of implementing a package solution

The major use of the SAT is as a single standard to compare students from disparate schools.

If Student A beats student B 1550-1450 rather than 1380-1250 it mostly doesn't matter. The most important thing you learn from the scores is that student A is stronger doing multiple choice Math and English tests.

Any sort of unrestricted search violates the fourth amendment, it doesn't matter what is being searched.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

for the win

Occasional meetings, planned well in advance, with people on the other side of the world, in the late evening are acceptable.

Genuine emergency meetings at short notice, also acceptable.

Effectively being on call every evening and at the weekend (without getting paid for being on call), not acceptable

"plain English specifications that can be rewritten in modern code."

So just the easy bit left to :)

Their ability and desire to pay this much shows how much they make from the fees that they charge vendors.

Interchange fees are capped in Europe and yet they are still able to offer service there.

shocked, to find out that an IT project has overrun it's budget.

Please leave a message and your call will be ignored in the order it was received.

They have clearly realized that they will make a lot more money as part of a cable bundle that 10s of millions of people buy (however unwillingly) rather than a stand alone sports package that many fewer would buy.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2F2d2...

"... But then came a too-good-to-be-true subscription deal from MoviePass, a promotion that offered a daily movie for a year for just $94. With ticket prices no longer an issue, I ended up seeing 181 movies — including most of the Oscars contenders. Those movies would have cost me $2,747 without MoviePass. That’s 52 cents per film, a 97 percent discount from $15. The deal was so good that MoviePass no longer offers it..."

I have been using it since it was called Netscape Navigator.

"People willingly wanted to have many children, in spite of all the uncertainties."

People willingly wanted to have many children, because of all the uncertainties. If you had a few kids then hopefully at least one of them would look after you when you can no longer do it yourself.

Oh wait

"Peter Thiel's campaign to bury the media outfit for posting excerpts from a Hulk Hogan sex tape"

That is not the reason he financed the case. Gawker had outed Thiel as gay, which is the reason he wanted revenge. The Hogan sex tape was just the tool for exacting revenge.