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Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Wed Aug 16 12:06:49 BST 2006

On 16/08/06, mac jordan <mac.jordan at gmail.com> wrote:

> www.dti.gov.uk
> *£175,000* of _our_ money was spent on that heap of shite.

Indeed. And they claimed it was WAI AA-compliant, too. Fools. Dan
Champeon of Clackmannashire Council takes it apart here:
http://www.blether.com/archives/2006/05/dti_achieves_ne.php

And gets a response here:
http://www.blether.com/archives/2006/06/the_dti_respond.php


> gissajob

I'm sure there's a sweet spot of web site spend. At first, quality
rises in proprtion to the amount spent, until you reach this
enterprise-level precipice. After that, the quality goes through the
floor while the cost keeps on rising.

cf. "Enterprisey" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprisey

Tim