mikesan

IBM's Potential U.K. Goldmine

With IBM's record of performance on UK government contracts I wouldn't hold my breath. Has everyone forgotten the last fiasco where they walked away because they could not meet the spec they had been instrumental in defining to get the bid.
The fine was substantial but better than the bottomless pit the project became. Every single major IT project in the UK in the last 11 years has turned into a disaster and major corporate reputations have suffered. Think Police, NHS, Inland Revenue the list is a long one.
Far from perpetual benefit they might end up in perpetual purgatory, government change in 2010/12 will not help.