News from 2023 - "Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, has declared itself in financial distress after troubled Oracle project costs ballooned from £20 million to around £100 million ($125.5 million)."
Now it indirectly caused the rubbish collectors strike.
Never understand why big organisations wasted money on dinosaur systems like SAP or Salesforce.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/05/birmingham_city_council_oracle/
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