<div dir="ltr">Ah, beloved CASES which used CSV for input data files WITHOUT the quotation marks, so any comma within a field ended the field prematurely, leading to catastrophic data-read failure.<div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 October 2013 11:44, Robert Hind <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert@yinnar.com" target="_blank">robert@yinnar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font face="Arial">Also CASES which started in 1986 as an accounting
package for schools and finally came of age as a full admin package in
200?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Robert Hind<br>Retired<br>Ex Traralgon and
Ashwood</font></div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="sofdev@edulists.com.au" href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">'Year 12 Software Development Teachers'
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#1f497d">Yes – and we can look closer
to home for affirmation as well – Ultranet, Myki, our own purported healthcare
network, etc., etc., etc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#1f497d">The more interesting question
for me is not why they fail, but why clients / governments continue to stump
up the money and sign contracts knowing that the chance of success is so
small.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>PIKE Philip<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 22 October 2013 11:02
AM<br><b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing
List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] failure of SD projects -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#1f497d">Very good article on why SD
projects fail<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/529631/healthcare_gov_website_didn_t_chance_hell_/?utm_medium=newsletter&eid=-255&utm_source=computerworld-today" target="_blank">http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/529631/healthcare_gov_website_didn_t_chance_hell_/?utm_medium=newsletter&eid=-255&utm_source=computerworld-today</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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