Re: Another thing that goes wrong with naming

From: "Owen Lewis" <oml@...>
To: <ukcrypto@...>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: RE: Another thing that goes wrong with naming

[snip]

> > More importantly, however, I also claim that there is no incentive to do
> > this since the benefits don't justify the costs involved.
>
> A sweeping statement indeed  I would expect that the additional cost
> element over, say, 25 years should be handsomely repaid by the retirement
of
> the current, multiple and flawed systems, the reduction in certain crimes,
> in the cost of detecting their perpetrators and by reduction in monies
> underpaid to and over paid by the state in its dealings with individuals.

This is the notion that there is an 'IT solution' to all current 'IT
problems' just around the corner if only we had the courage to invest in it.
It is precisely the argument that has led to the waste of billions of
taxpayer's money on failed IT systems over the last two decades.

I do not find it even remotely convincing.

   Brian Gladman