Skip to main content
I love my governor, he is so generous to provide such an endless flow of entertainment. Will voters remember this come November?



Sacramento Bee, April 17, 2002: Audit slams Oracle pact



Database software deal could cost state $41 million more.



Naive state officials signed an unprecedented $95 million software contract with Oracle Corp. despite little need for the software and claims of savings that turned out to be wildly overblown, state Auditor Elaine Howle said in a scathing report released Tuesday.



Instead of saving $16 million, the state could spend as much as $41 million more on the database software than it would have without the six-year licensing agreement.



A company that helped sell the state on the deal, Logicon Inc., stands to pocket $28 million -- a fact apparently unknown to the state officials who brokered it, the audit says.
Sacramento Bee, April 23, 2002: Technology agency's days are numbered



A lawmaker pulls a bill's provision that would have kept the department alive.



The state Department of Information Technology, under fire from lawmakers and others for its role in a controversial software contract with the Oracle Corp., will likely take its last breath July 1.



Assemblyman Manny Díaz, D-San Jose, announced Monday that he was withdrawing a provision in a bill that would have allowed the department to continue beyond its sunset this summer.



Díaz had proposed keeping the department alive until the end of 2003 to see if it could be fixed.



But Díaz said Monday that a state audit of the Oracle contract, released last week, convinced him that the department should be allowed to die.
Sacramento Bee, April 25, 2002: Davis aides backed deal



A recent audit ripped the Oracle software pact as a costly error.



An audit released last week said the $95 million, six-year software licensing agreement could cost the state $41 million more than it would have spent without the deal. Despite a survey that showed limited demand in state offices, the agreement called for 270,000 database software licenses -- more than the number of state workers.
Oh, stop, my sides, ROFL! What will be even funnier is tomorrow's story wherein the gov says, "But it's not my fault! Remember, all those aircraft were coming to California!"

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Wow, it’s been over a year. What a way to get back to this blog because… Are the films of the MCU getting worse? It’s a serious question because the latest that I’ve seen, Thor: Love and Thunder and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania , are strong arguments that the answer is “yes.” Summary: Ant-Man & Ant-Family get sucked into the quantum realm, where skullduggery is afoot. A load of crap ensues. I’m an Ant-Man fan. I loved the first film despite its flaws. It would have been wonderful to see what Edgar Wright may have wrought. It was clear, though, that replacement director Peyton Reed kept some of Wright’s ideas alive. The result was one of the MCU’s most intimate films, a straight-forward tale of a Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) desperate to remain in his daughter’s life while being “gifted” the life of a superhero. Ant-Man and the Wasp sorta stayed that course, but naturally, because this is the modern MCU, we had to have a female superhero take over, the titular Wasp (Hope van Dyne,
Post a Comment
Read more

John Wick: Chapter 4

No sense in playing coy, this is a great film. I’ve seen it twice and while I don’t quite love it in the way I love the first, original John Wick , it’s my #2. It’s a little overlong, has some wasted space and time, has one absolutely pointless and useless character, and generally ignores the realities of firefights, falling, getting shot, hit, etc. All that notwithstanding, it’s a great action flick, has a genuine emotional core, and is well worth your time if you’re into that sort of thing. Like I am. Summary: John Wick (Keanu Reeves), last seen saying he was fed up with the High Table, goes to war to obtain his freedom. Some of the most incredible action scenes ever filmed ensue, culminating in a very satisfactory finale and a devastating post-credit scene. The first Wick film was a surprise hit. It was a simple, straight-forward tale of vengeance told in a simple, straight-forward manner. Where it stood out was its devotion to human stunt work, on exploiting long camera shots that
Post a Comment
Read more

Rogan

The entire Joe Rogan controversy is an example of the kids being left in charge and the adults refusing to teach them any better. I’m not a regular consumer of podcasts. There are a couple I listen to from time to time, but nothing on a regular basis. While I’ve caught a few minutes of the Joe Rogan Experience on YouTube, I’ve never listened to his podcast. One of the primary reasons for that is that you have to subscribe to Spotify to do so, and I prefer Qobuz, Tidal, or even Amazon Music. Rogan is behind Spotify’s paywall and that’s that. But the nature of the fight is about more than who does or does not listen to Rogan. This fight goes to the very nature of the First Amendment and the fundamental concept of the United States. And yes, I understand that cuts both ways. What’s his name and Joni Mitchell are free to yank their creations from Spotify, no ifs, ands, or buts. I’m not denying their right, I’m questioning their reasons. Rogan talks to people. He does so largely unfiltered.
Post a Comment
Read more