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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 May 2017

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Richard Ian Coates

    This is not an IT professionalism problem, it’s an NHS funding problem, a proprietary software lock-in problem, a Tory fuck-up problem.https://twitter.com/GringoPeruano/status/863312193219170304 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Richard Ian Coates @GringoPeruano
    Incredible lack of professionalism in IT (running out dated/not supported) Windows OS. #TheresaMay #BRExit #Election2017 @theresa_may https://twitter.com/aral/status/863302441068109824 …
    2:38 AM - 13 May 2017
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    • Malik, Inc. Alex 🚗🚙 developer on The Underground King game #ProsecuteICE pumpkinova Zach Gardner Dave Wallace Robin Taylor Justine Lambert Bruno Girin Thijs Coesel
    11 replies 100 retweets 133 likes
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      2. Bob Mottram‏ @motters 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        I'm sure they will find some low ranking IT staff to blame for it all.

        2 replies 6 retweets 13 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 May 2017
        Replying to @motters

        Exactly.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Ain Tohvri‏ @tekkie 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Even so, if the decision was taken to lock-in, you do not jeopardise nation's healthcare system over a budget cut, saving on licence fees.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 May 2017
        Replying to @tekkie

        Indeed. If your goal is to ensure the success of a public service. If, however, you want to privatise it, you must first make it fail.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Desiḵn‏ @desiknr 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Seems like a good opportunity to promote NHSbuntu. 😬 https://www.nhsbuntu.org/ 

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      1. InfoSec Spy ❆‏ @InfoSecSpy 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @bitfield

        Yah, coupling medical devices to commodity IT systems is seriously the worst thing to happen to everything. See IoT, ICS. Not unique to NHS

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      2. Richard Ian Coates‏ @GringoPeruano 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Agreed - lack of funding and shows complete lack of understanding by "decision makers" - Politicians. BUT!!! IT managers allowed it 2 happen

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. [Something topical or witty]‏ @GhamGraham 13 May 2017
        Replying to @GringoPeruano @aral

        [Something topical or witty] Retweeted Gregor Peter

        It shows the incompetence of the NHS once again, we shouls look at Germans to see how to run things effic... ohhttps://twitter.com/L0gg0l/status/863138067904962560 …

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        Gregor Peter @L0gg0l
        The ransomware virus has spread to Deutsche Bahn computers, appears on train station screens pic.twitter.com/uUF97Huqrd (via @Nick_Lange_ )
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      1. steve brett‏ @hexamon 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @bitfield

        You could argue that IT management didn't argue it's case properly. And hence the problem is what it is today.

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      1. Spyros Spyropoulos‏ @spairus 18 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Let's just say it's complicated :)

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      1. Sprog‏ @sprog_ch 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Don't they pay the millions for a support contract?

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      1. Pete Lonsdale‏ @peterlonsdale 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @HallyMk1

        Yep. There are no IT professionals saying "why not stick with XP"

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      1. 𝕾𝖐𝖎𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖍𝖔𝖘‏ @skiamakhos 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Also a data back-up problem. Proper back-up & restore would have negated this.

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      1. Rob Dyke‏ @robdykedotcom 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        An open source answer @nhsbuntu

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