> Oh dear , some toys being chucked out of prams over at TfL HQ. Seems
> poor old Peter Hendy was in a rage about the recent failures (read:
> loss of revenue). Oh dear Peter , well now you know what its like for
> Oyster to screw you out of your money through no fault of your own.
> Suck it up mate.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7549603.stm
>
> B2003

>Boltar wrote:

>> Oh dear , some toys being chucked out of prams over at TfL HQ. Seems
>> poor old Peter Hendy was in a rage about the recent failures (read:
>> loss of revenue). Oh dear Peter , well now...

>
> And not forgetting the resources needed to undertake the retendering
> process [1]. I also don't see Cubic walking away from London given the
> scale of equipment they have in place. They will also be spending time
> and money to try to win the replacement contract (or at least a
> significant role in any consortia that might put itself forward to bid).
>
> [1] it was a very significant task the first time round and the
> situation now is more complex in terms of stakeholders / participants
> and also the divergent options around the way the technology will
> develop. London Buses' view of on bus systems would suggest they'd want
> to walk away from ticket machines being supplied by a future "Prestige"
> consortia.
>

>Have you got anything intelligent to say about it, or are you just
>airing your well-known anti-Oyster views?

>...
>
> I'm sure Mr Ranger was involved with Prestige at some point and he was
> also involved in the Tunnel Cooling project but I don't know what his
> exact role was. However from my experience of Prestige he did not single
> handedly deliver the contract / project on a plate [1] - as is suggested
> by certain press releases.
>
> I shall now await a brown envelope landing on my desk ;-)
>
> [1] it was this suggestion that rather stuck in my throat given how much
> work so many good people put in to that project to make it happen.

> Have you got anything intelligent to say about it, or are you just
> airing your well-known anti-Oyster views?

> Personally, if Hendy is incandescent about the Oyster failures, good.
> He's every right to be, indeed if he wasn't he'd not be doing his job
> properly.

> As for the early end of the contract (in two years, actually) various
> questions arise, not least of which is that Transys now have no
> particular incentive to improve their performance beyond whatever
> penalty payments are in the contract, a common drawback of outsourcing

>Oh dear , some toys being chucked out of prams over at TfL HQ. Seems
>poor old Peter Hendy was in a rage about the recent failures (read:
>loss of revenue). Oh dear Peter , well now you know what its like for
>Oyster to screw you out of your money through no fault of your own.
>Suck it up mate.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7549603.stm
>

> Boltar wrote:

>> Oh dear , some toys being chucked out of prams over at TfL HQ. Seems
>> poor old Peter Hendy was in a rage about the recent failures (read:
>> loss of revenue). Oh dear Peter , well now you know what its like for
>> Oyster to screw you out of your money through no fault of your own.
>> Suck it up mate.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7549603.stm
>>
>> B2003

>
> Have you got anything intelligent to say about it, or are you just airing
> your well-known anti-Oyster views?
>
> Personally, if Hendy is incandescent about the Oyster failures, good. He's
> every right to be, indeed if he wasn't he'd not be doing his job properly.
>
> As for the early end of the contract (in two years, actually) various ...

> If he'd been doing his job properly he'd have choisen the DES
> encrypted MiFARE system, not the bargain basement hackable one thats
> been around for ages.