Grahame Grieve wrote: > hi Tom > > I wasn't going to enter this thread, but: > > >> Decision-makers need to study evidence, not words. >> > > Evidence is just more words. And the key > issue is how to discern them. > > * I don't agree Grahame, evidence is something you have to go looking for, words (I mean marketing) are something that you have handed to you, usually by a partisan party. Believing what is handed to you, especially if you are a government is a poor basis for planning and executing multi-billion dollar 10 year health ICT programmes. Sometimes getting at the truth takes a bit of effort. But it's only a small effort compared to the wastage that follows poor choices.
- thomas *
