> Minnesota spent about a decade and $100 million to replace its ancient vehicle-licensing and registration software, but the new version arrived with so many glitches in 2017 that Governor Tim Walz has asked for an additional $16 million to fix it.
This is exactly why cities don’t replace these old pieces of software. It’s not that a intern couldn’t write something better. It’s that the physical act of “replacing” the old with the new is often very expensive.
This is a story that’s unfortunately all too common in government. Other people’s money on other people and whatnot.
This is exactly why cities don’t replace these old pieces of software. It’s not that a intern couldn’t write something better. It’s that the physical act of “replacing” the old with the new is often very expensive.
This is a story that’s unfortunately all too common in government. Other people’s money on other people and whatnot.