Re: A Diabolical Shame which HMGov. is Aiding and Abetting and Fully Complicit In ‽ .
The downvotes are more likely because the two situations aren't remotely comparable. This is a situation where everyone involved at a senior level knew the software was faulty (though a certain person allegedly asked not to be told everything so that they could maintain 'plausible deniability'), they repeatedly lied to the postmasters who were reporting faults and unexplained cash losses (e.g. investigators would say "no-one else has reported this" when they themselves had dealt with the same matter many times elsewhere) and some people lied in court. It was an co-ordinated strategy over many years to stop bad publicity and expense for Fujitsu, PO head honchos, and government ministers who were supposed to have oversight. And people died as a direct result, whether suicide or stress-related health problems. Once it finally blew up in their faces, those same people wrung their hands and said "very sorry", and yet the government are STILL dragging out the compensation payments and Fujitsu, who created the software and therefore the problem, have paid the square root of £f/all. I.e. they've effectively all got away with it.
The only real 'punishment' was St Paula lost her Damehood. Oh noes, how terrible, sad face ... She (and others) should be looking out of prison bars right now.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
