Comment Re:Hopefully they will not not screw up the thing (Score 1) 367
But let's not forget that part of this tradition is to always involve the Deutsche Telekom AG as contracter, which always done to make sure that it really get screwed up.
(For the non-German readers: The Deutsche Telekom is the leading telecommunications provider in Germany, and developed from the government-run post and telecommunications authorities. Since privatization it uses its still nearly-monopoly to annoy everybody whop wants a phone landline with bad service.
The Telekom also does IT projects and was involved in several major screw-ups: Last year, the failure of a 10-year project to put all the different states' policy IT systems on a compatible standard, and this year the miss of the deadline for the new radio transmitter based truck toll system, now costing Germany hundreds of illions of Euros in lost toll income. (Of course, in all these, the Telekom was only one contractor, but still, to me, a paatern emerges.)
Luckily, up to my knowledge, they don't engage in Linux.)
(For the non-German readers: The Deutsche Telekom is the leading telecommunications provider in Germany, and developed from the government-run post and telecommunications authorities. Since privatization it uses its still nearly-monopoly to annoy everybody whop wants a phone landline with bad service.
The Telekom also does IT projects and was involved in several major screw-ups: Last year, the failure of a 10-year project to put all the different states' policy IT systems on a compatible standard, and this year the miss of the deadline for the new radio transmitter based truck toll system, now costing Germany hundreds of illions of Euros in lost toll income. (Of course, in all these, the Telekom was only one contractor, but still, to me, a paatern emerges.)
Luckily, up to my knowledge, they don't engage in Linux.)
