Re: “ how it managed to develop an entire update without realizing it would be blocked”
Senior civil servants(*) understand technology in much the same way as Labrador dogs understand the Large Hadron Collider.
(*) The ones who make the decisions that the poor minions(**) have to try to implement.
(**) Who are younger and tend to have a better grasp. (But still not good.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
