The 'Fujitsu' that made the shitty software was a British consulting company that was acquired by Fujitsu [1] to farm public contracts. This is made by the Japanese parent company.
reply[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computers_Limite...
It's seriously underselling ICL to call it a consulting company, though by the time of the Fujitsu acquisition that might be accurate.
replyNot trying to be obnoxious, but it's still Fujitsu.
replyIn a very specific legal sense, it isn't, we are talking about two entirely separate legal entities (and ultimately groups of people) which have a relation of ownership, not directorship.
replyYou're right, but the scandal is so upsetting that I personally cannot ever look at Fujitsu the same way even. Also, I think you're neglecting that a large part of why it became so bad was that Fujitsu claimed there was no issue with their software. Even if it were built by a company they acquired, the response to the developing situation was something that the parent company should have stepped in to oversee.
replyI'm surprised at the downvotes for this, does anyone think I'm misrepresenting the facts? I genuinely don't think I am.
replyI wouldn't trust that this CPU can do maths properly.
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