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I have worked on a number of large projects (usually government) where the "customer" took so long to make up their minds, changed their minds, or enforced whatever hairbrained ideas they had onto the project which resulted in delays, near failures and overruns which had absolutely nothing to do with the competance of the tech's tasked with implementing the final solution, or meant it was implemented with incorrect or obsolete technology.
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Let's see, maybe we should start with companies that produce shoddy  DonnieBoy | 05/24/07
Well, that would be like  John Zern | 05/24/07
lets try that again  John Zern | 05/24/07
Microsoft should revoke certs from incompetent IT Pros  lamp299 | 05/25/07
Hey I agree! Let's take out the first company to reach 100 vulnerabilities  georgeou | 05/26/07
Apples and Oranges again  Suicida| | 05/27/07
Another thing, this sounds like a company, where many of the projects have  DonnieBoy | 05/24/07
Yeah., Sounds like they're  John Zern | 05/24/07
bad products  kckn4fun | 05/25/07
I'd love to kick them out  jfp | 05/24/07
degrees?  BobF_z | 05/25/07
to degree or not to degree---?  kckn4fun | 05/25/07
Value of a Degree?  Marty R. Milette | 05/25/07
Self policing is never effective  kmatzen@... | 05/24/07
UK Microsoft: Label incompetent IT pros  Loverock Davidson | 05/24/07
How about suing companies for malpractice?  kraterz | 05/24/07
There are already laws...  rapson | 05/25/07
Yeah, socialism  Omch'Ar | 05/24/07
Name one that does work  ibabadur1 | 05/25/07
You're almost there  Omch'Ar | 05/25/07
So does capitalism.  HypnoToad72 | 05/26/07
Are they crazy?  BobF_z | 05/25/07
I agree with the idea, but...  roberto_maietta@... | 05/25/07
Where do we lay the blame?  ebudae@... | 05/25/07
Also  BobF_z | 05/25/07
All too true on both posts  John Zern | 05/25/07
A Microsoft-proposed IT professional organisation...  Henry Miller | 05/25/07
Maybe...  rapson | 05/25/07
You have a point.  Henry Miller | 05/25/07
Wish list for MS: Tax on Developers  scott1329 | 05/25/07
When will we audit management  Silent Observer | 05/25/07
I'd love to kick you out  Boot_Agnostic | 05/25/07
You cant compare this to malpractice  Been_Done_Before | 05/25/07
Interesting idea  zkiwi | 05/25/07
Actually, MS does hold their developers responsible with SDL  georgeou | 05/26/07
I'm not sure what you call an exploit  zkiwi | 05/26/07
Problem is that most of these MASSIVE failures come from outsourcing firms  georgeou | 05/26/07
*DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* We have a winner!!  HypnoToad72 | 05/26/07
Who in their right mind employs  mrjonno | 05/29/07

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