nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g “All these kinds of stuff-ups are typical when you give dollars to companies with zero relevant skill, knowledge and expertise, and ask them to build the bureau’s next computing facilities.”
Federal government is absolutely addicted to consultants, this looks like a phenomenal waste of money. Surely there are suppliers with relevant expertise in this space???
nostr:npub1f7d04cetdnjkhmecqnuhpa0wcy840xzzuu4sqrr5zxp5dvh7wlwsv3znlj nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g I'm not sure how it's set up over there but often procurement rules can get in the way of making good decisions.
I'm Aotearoa New Zealand the incentive is to low-ball to get the contract and then add extra costs in later.
No accountability and by then everyone is in too deep to pull out.
nostr:npub1f7d04cetdnjkhmecqnuhpa0wcy840xzzuu4sqrr5zxp5dvh7wlwsv3znlj nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g The BOM is not alone in this, super-computers are hard to do, both right & anything approaching year like timeframes.
I’ve seen global scale megacorps fail at other super-computer builds, so nothing written here is a surprise to those of us that know modern super-computers.
Hint: it’s not just the technology that’s super hard in these builds.
