[celticninja]

Stuff still needs to get done, so a hiring freeze means needing a workaround, they will find money for contractors because it is seen as a limited time expense, even though it is probably 3x or 4x more expensive over the long term. When they tell you they cut the size of government they won't tell you that government costs went up, or they will tell you government payroll is down and contractors get costed as something other than payroll.

[jjawssd]

"3x or 4x more expensive over the long term"

And that's where you're wrong. If done right, 3x to 4x more expensive up front and less TCO in the long run.

[celticninja]

In software it never works like that. Costs more to build it with contractors and then because you get rid of the contractors support is done by people unfamiliar with the code so support costs more, upgrades cost more because new contractors need time to learn the codebase or the old contractors charge more because they know the codebase.

[jjawssd]

Fine, but a LOT of the current problems do not revolve around software whatsoever