<i>How does one spend $1 billion on software and fail?</i><p>Epic failure creating sofware is common enough that there&#x27;s a Wiki page commemorating it. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_failed_and_overbudget_custom_software_projects" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_failed_and_overbudget_...</a><p>My own state managed to piss away around $200 million just on a website to sign people up for health care. It&#x27;s hard to believe something that insane, but Oracle was involved so perhaps it&#x27;s plausible.