* Posts by BlueberryB

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How a Tory gov will be the most tech-savvy in history

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Party Political Broadcasting

I was unaware of the need for internet websites to publish party political broadcasts, so I will assume that this is a free 'puff' for a rather opportunistic candidate for office.

The inference that the current administration (which really is no better and no worse than previous ones) is wasteful due to a centralised data policy is specious. Government as custodian of data is expected to manage that in the most efficient and 'safe' way possible.

Government projects spiral out of control and over budget due to interference by civil servants with political targets and contractors with poor expectation management skills. To infer that Government ministers are in any way qualified to make decisions on areas of technology or its implementation is laughable in the extreme, if this is the case why bother with systems integrators, just get a local MP to tell you how to knock it together on the basis of an article he read in the Telegraph Technology section, you know the one that mentioned that snazzy thing that the kids are all doing Squeak or Squitter, marvelous stuff you really should try it.

The average MP spends less than 18 months in a ministerial posting, very few of them are technologists. Are they truly competent to make the comments above?

Finally - if I want to read about politics I buy the Economist, if I wanted to read about IT issues I used to read the Register.