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Because software, unlike a major civil engineering construction project, is often easy and cheap to change after it has been constructed, a piece of custom software that fails to deliver on its objectives may sometimes be modified over time in such a way that it later succeeds—and/or business processes or end-user mindsets may change to accommodate the software.
The CueCat was ranked No. 20 on PC World ' s list of "The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time". [7] It also landed on Time ' s list of "The 50 Worst Inventions", calling it "little more than a high-tech paperweight". [8] Despite its poor showing, the CueCat has been viewed as a precursor to QR codes, which have become ubiquitous. [6]
Custom software projects that were either cancelled, or scrapped soon after their initial deployment. Pages in category "Discontinued custom software projects" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Image credits: mleclerc182 #9. Lime green skittles. sour apple is for a*****s. #10. There was a pancake batter in a whipped cream can I used to buy. It was great, you didn’t need to make a ton ...
The first flight of the Ariane V rocket self-destructed due to an overflow occurring during a floating-point to integer conversion in the on-board guidance software. The same software had been used successfully in the Ariane IV program, but the Ariane V produced larger values for some variable, causing the overflow. [31] [32]
LONDON (Reuters) -British fashion retailer Next will buy the Made.com brand for 3.4 million pounds ($3.8 million) after the online furniture seller collapsed into administration, resulting in ...
On 26 October 1992 the London Ambulance Service started to use a new computer-assisted dispatch (CAD) system, known as LASCAD. [1] Poorly designed and implemented, its introduction led to significant delays in the assigning of ambulances - before the system eventually crashed, [2] [3] with anecdotal reports of 11-hour waits.
The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.