Support Forums: Message List - Indiana cancels a $1.34B outsourcing deal with IBM

More IBM-bashing bait

Thu, 06 May 2010 12:12:03 -0400

The facts won't matter to the IBM haters in the audience, who will take this opportunity to bash IBM based on their memories of WebSphere 3.5 or some similar idiocy.

IBM loves governments because...

Mon, 03 May 2010 18:24:46 -0400

IBM and similar consulting organisations love governments, because in the end most departments are run/ headed by fools who have little if any business knowledge and even less technical aptitude. When things go south, they end up spending more...

way to go, Indiana!

Mon, 03 May 2010 15:48:16 -0400

IBM is the most expensive service and software out there, but quality of both remains very low! So ridiculously low in fact, that it's hard not to know that, with all the allegations coming from that fact.

Indiana cancels a $1.34B outsourcing deal with IBM

Mon, 03 May 2010 14:24:00 -0400

Good news. I wish california also follows on the same foot steps.

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Hopefully for all involved (except the lawyers)

Mon, 03 May 2010 10:27:38 -0400

Hopefully for all involved, this is just some saber rattling, and things will get worked out for the better. It's hard to believe that given $1.34B worth of work, that the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater. Of course, given all of the small,...

Indiana cancels a $1.34B outsourcing deal with IBM

Mon, 03 May 2010 09:49:17 -0400

I used to work for a company that was successfully sued for $250 million by a state over a $10 million contract. We got a settlement for $100 million IIRC. Contracting with the government isn't like contracting with your average...

Indiana cancels a $1.34B outsourcing deal with IBM

Mon, 03 May 2010 08:41:02 -0400

Last week IBM boosted their dividend and announced a share buyback plan, while this week we're hearing more about Indiana working their way out of a 10 year long, $1.34 billion IT contract. But is it really IBM's fault, or is it perhaps just a case of...