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Originally Posted by Gayle
Just a thought though - the money that was 'wasted', what was it actually spent on?
Hardware - possibly bought from a local supplier
Software - probably a national one, so we'll gloss over this one
Staff wages - all local people which means that people were paid a wage and it was spent in local shops in the local economy
I'm not trying to justify it, because I don't think there's any doubt that it didn't work, but just trying to play devils advocate and look at how 'wasted' money, isn't actually as 'wasted' as you might think. Some people who live locally earned money, which put bread on their table and clothes on their back.
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Sorry Gayle no money spent locally, the site 'constructed' by a Manchester firm that was above a Barbers:-
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/94586-post135.html
The shame is the link now shows that error 404 do you suppose these 'software Engineers', took the money and ran?
If so may I just say enjoy your early retirement lads, nice work if you can get it, we would all do the same if offered the same chance.
The standard of the sites poor coding was also discussed:-
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/92838-post106.html
& The site was announced to the world in the Obbo', which managed to draw this comment from Acrylic Bob:-
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/93033-post116.html
If you read the whole of that thread I think you will come to the conclusion that the money was,
wasted.
