I’m really not sure whether this should come as a suprise to anyone, but it’s not just the UK government that has problems with their projects, according to this story in Wired.
Although there is an interesting quote which goes some way to getting government off the hook (or at least to put their problems into perspective):
…while government technology blunders frequently make headlines, large-scale computer upgrades in the private industry fail almost as often. But these corporate blunders aren’t publicized by congressional committees, federal investigators and inspectors general…
