• tino@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    Every 2-3 years, the French government announces that they released a brand new homemade app that will replace some bigtech because sovereignty or whatever bureaucratic bullshit communication they fancy at the moment. Then they issue a BIG contract to an IT consulting company to develop the thing, who get tons of money to send junior devs to release a buggy tool that no one will ever use because migrations cost a lot. This new app will die like the others.

    • ivn@jlai.lu
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      It’s made by the DINUM, not an outside consulting company. And the product made by the DINUM (Tchap, France Connect …) are still in use.

      • tino@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        11 hours ago

        I doubt that there are significant development teams at the DINUM. They coordinate projects but do not build anything. On LinkedIn, here are the main skills associated with the company:

        • ivn@jlai.lu
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          8 hours ago

          Yes because the department of the DINUM that made it, the « Opérateur de produits interministériels » is only one of it’s many department. I can link you multiple French article that explain it was developed by the DINUM. Please research a little bit before posting, looking for skills on LinkedIn means nothing. Also the French entrepreneurs that usually get contracts for this were very angry about it.

    • daq@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      2 days ago

      All this instead of just hiring a few senior devs to contribute to any of the number of existing open source projects that are already infinitely better than any new thing they will come up with.

      • sibachian@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        the french do make some great stuff tho like cryptpad or mobilizon - the problem is usually always the same tho. it’s in french and they only give half a shit about their french users, anyone else is considered an obstacle.

        heck i’ve been playing dofus for 20 years and the non-french community is always shafted. always.