[nickonline]

I was on that project as a grad.

They spent a billion dollars, over 5 years, with a staff of 1,000 strong to replace old software.

I would be surprised if even 20 of the 1,000 were touching COBOL.

[AtlasBarfed]

I'm guessing it was an Accenture project based on the outtakes.

That's what Accenture does: armies of cheap people for huge contracts. Flip a coin on the outcome. Not that IBM or any of the other top-level consultancies/services behemoths are any good, but Andersen Consulting/Accenture basically invented that approach.

[Gokenstein]

It takes 980 MBAs to reach the level of schmoozing required to secure the contract.