...proprietary architectures to reduce their totalcosts and achieve higher levels of performance...them to substantially reduce their totalcosts, while gaining the flexibility...alone, is no longer sufficient. Totalcosts must be contained, and...
http://www.computerweekly.com/DowntimePDF/pdf/EndofProprietaryEra_WP_Final.pdf
...project" costs. The MoD gave them only the "contract" costs of the initial phase of the DII. MoD knew DII totalcosts would be at least £5.8bn when answering MP questions It has also emerged that the MoD knew a year before it answered...
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/07/it-defence.html