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Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 10:56:50 JST Paul Cantrell
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@brion @encthenet
Accenture convinced Best Buy to outsource their •entire IT operations• to them in the mid 00s, then spent the next decade desperately trying to undo that mistake. Technical predatory lenders absolutely do exist.

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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 03:28:31 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @troglodyt @brion @encthenet
  Every enterprise software consultancy knows there’s a sucker born every minute, and sometimes they get a budget
  
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  Tröglödÿt (troglodyt@mastodon.nu)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 03:28:32 JST Tröglödÿt
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  they've been hired to design a blockchain 'e-crown' for the swedish riksbank
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 03:29:09 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @mhautefeuille @brion @encthenet It’s a proven business model! For Accenture that is; heaven help their clients.
  
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  Marc Hautefeuille (mhautefeuille@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 03:29:10 JST Marc Hautefeuille
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  @inthehands @brion @encthenet Funny. Accenture was selected to do all IT infrastructure for Thomas Cook, a 10 years contract that was chosen by TC management and not the IT directors who were consulted then ignored. 7 years later, TC was getting out of the contract, paying leaving penalties, bc is was not working.
  Looks like a trend.
  
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  neoluddite (neoluddite@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 07:10:21 JST neoluddite
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  @inthehands @brion @encthenet @daedalus I forgot where I originally read it, but "technical debt is not like owing money to the bank, it's like owing money to the Mob"
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 07:10:30 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @neoluddite @brion @encthenet @daedalus This is profound
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 08:21:30 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @sp @brion @encthenet I don’t, I’m afraid. I just know a bunch of people who suddenly were Accenture employees against their will, and did several short contracts there in the aftermath (ca 2008-2012) when they were desperately trying to rebuild internal IT capabilities. So only firsthand experience, nothing I can link to!
  
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  sp (sp@indieweb.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 08:21:31 JST sp
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  @inthehands @brion @encthenet do you have a definitive piece on this? Would love more details
  
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