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A computer upgrade shut down BART

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232 points ksajadi | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ninetyninenine ◴[05 Sep 25 18:21 UTC] No.45141839[source]▶
I mean despite it's history the snark is well deserved. With so many companies and people in the bay paying taxes, where the hell does all the money go?

Interesting, tidbit you added here. But snark is needed for this situation.

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jeffbee ◴[05 Sep 25 18:37 UTC] No.45142042[source]▶
It certainly doesn't go to Bay Area software companies. When BART originally began letting out the contract to redesign the then-already-obsolete control system in 1992, they awarded it the Hughes Aircraft. That project failed. The current attempt to deploy CBTC was awarded to Hitachi. The supplier of their fare gate system integration was originally IBM and is now CUBIC, a San Diego defense contractor.

If anything the Bay Area has utterly failed to provide systems software of lasting value to address public needs like these.

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lokar ◴[05 Sep 25 18:51 UTC] No.45142208[source]▶
Those types of contracts have much worse margins then Bay Area tech companies expect (or aspire to)
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1. tracker1 ◴[05 Sep 25 19:05 UTC] No.45142365[source]▶
Those types of contracts always seem to go massively over-budget anyway.