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Makentoday at 2:23 PM3 repliesview on HN

The 'Fujitsu' that made the shitty software was a British consulting company that was acquired by Fujitsu [1] to farm public contracts. This is made by the Japanese parent company.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computers_Limite...


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pipestoday at 6:15 PM

Not trying to be obnoxious, but it's still Fujitsu.

varispeedtoday at 4:28 PM

It is ultimately Fujitsu responsibility.

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nisegamitoday at 2:28 PM

You're right, but the scandal is so upsetting that I personally cannot ever look at Fujitsu the same way even. Also, I think you're neglecting that a large part of why it became so bad was that Fujitsu claimed there was no issue with their software. Even if it were built by a company they acquired, the response to the developing situation was something that the parent company should have stepped in to oversee.