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by hga 4617 days ago
Yes, it's believed that most of those internal projects fail. Canceled, declare victory because of the internal political stakes but quietly not used (very much), delivered with a fraction of the original features, etc.

For some time I've thought this was one of the primary attractions of offshoring: if you must maintain the pretense of developing new programs and systems, it's a cheaper way to inevitably fail....