Quite right. Most of the examples seem to be from work done by librarians and academics. What happens when govt. hirelings get hold of a project is another matter (anybody else trying to prove they exist to Child Tax Credit office?) Mike Morris, Librarian, ISCA 51 Banbury Rd., Oxford OX2 6PE 01865 274671 -----Original Message----- From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Oppenheim Sent: 20 May 2004 16:23 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ID Cards, the National Identity Register and Data Protection Bruce is right - and deserves a lot of credit for the success of SCRAN! Charles Professor Charles Oppenheim Department of Information Science Loughborough University Loughborough Leics LE11 3TU 01509-223065 (fax) 01509-223053 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prof Bruce Royan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:21 PM Subject: Re: ID Cards, the National Identity Register and Data Protection > Jim Jackson wrote: > > Can any one name a big IT project that has come in on time, on > >budget, and which actuallly works as it was supposed to ? > > www.scran.ac.uk > > *%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%**%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%* > Prof B Royan www.concurrentcomputing.co.uk > Concurrent Computing Ltd, 41 Greenhill Gardens > Edinburgh, EH10 4BL United Kingdom > +44 1314 4731 51 +44 77 1374 4731 > *%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%**%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%* >