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Guardian pulling the plug?

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7 pointsgojko2 comments

Misleading article title, the Guardian is considering outsourcing some of their IT operations.

Only relevant 'pulling the plug' quote:

  "A common thread here is that DDD, clouds, agile apparently gave better service more efficiently and produced more business value for the same investment. If the Guardian News Media board is now thinking of pulling the plug on all that, then that is seriously casting a shadow on those claims."

The problem is, it's very immediate and short term to see a saving from outsourcing now, while the pitfalls that it could potentially create could take years before they get to the point where it because clear that outsourcing was a bad idea.

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