£35m a year website

[domainseller200]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/07/the_105m_website.html

"The COI report has some detail - £6.2m on strategy and planning, £4.4m on design and build, £4.7m on hosting and infrastructure, £15.3m on content provision and £4.5m on testing and evaluation."

Think I may offer them a cheaper hosting alternative for £2.35m a year and bank £2m of it for myself

 

[scooter]

That is a completely ujustifiable amount of money every year. This is fraud. Pure and simple.

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[doodlebug]

That is a completely ujustifiable amount of money every year. This is fraud. Pure and simple.

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Paid for by the me and you through he TV licence :x

 

[domainseller200]

Paid for by the me and you through he TV licence :x

Did you actually read the article

 

[doodlebug]

Sorry got confused

I meant tax, given that it was HMRC paying for the site

 

[matty281k]

re

It would probably cost more not running these websites, how else would people find out the information? through a call center? the post?

 

[davedevelopment]

It would probably cost more not running these websites, how else would people find out the information? through a call center? the post?

Run the site by all means, but there's not £35m worth there is there?

 

[crabfoot]

Run the site by all means, but there's not £35m worth there is there?

It's a government site. Every step in the generation of it has to be quality assured, and also vetted to check that it adheres to guidelines.

The design has to go all over the place to be approved.

Every line of the code has to be counterchecked independently, then assessed, before it goes live. It all has to be right first time, the site has to be hacker resistant, and the hosting is usually subbed out to the RAF. Domainseller says he can do it cheaper, but does that include the barbledy wire fence and the squaddies with machine guns at the gates?

Say the words Quality Assured, and costs will be tripled - say government, and the Civil Service has to be involved ...

 

[GreyWing]

As much as recessions aren't good, I'm enjoying this one. It will be funny watching these people hit the job market. Even though they have just frozen my armed forces pay for 2 years.

The faster this coalition dismantle these frauds, the better.

 

[robrob is verified member.]

Domainseller says he can do it cheaper, but does that include the barbledy wire fence and the squaddies with machine guns at the gates?

You ever been to Swansea? He will have to have them alright

 

[charliecharlie is verified member.]

makes me feel ill i didnt get any of the action - imagine the amount of "free" money floating around

 

[doodlebug]

makes me feel ill i didnt get any of the action - imagine the amount of "free" money floating around

Could pay for lots of renewals mate

 

[domainseller200]

You ever been to Swansea? He will have to have them alright

Ha ha ! Most people in swansea don't know what a PC is, let alone a server

 

[crabfoot]

Ha ha ! Most people in swansea don't know what a PC is, let alone a server

Wot, no bobbies? Oh, I see - they ate the bobbies, did they?