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South African government charged US $10 million for a WordPress theme job

2 pointsby Kabwezaabout 12 years ago
South African tech blogs reported that a web development company actually charged the South African government at least R97 million for a website. The website is basically just WordPress (free) and a WordPress theme (about $40) that they clearly didn’t modify much. Here’s a screenshot of the theme.

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Jakehpabout 12 years ago
I wish I lance'd this job.<p>Here is a link with more specifics if you are interested: <a href="http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/71822-multi-million-free-state-website-what-did-it-cost.html" rel="nofollow">http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/71822-multi-million-f...</a>