Post Office and Horizon

[Ihavenojob]

After the debacle with this software, you would have thought they would have ditched it, yet I just looked at a receipt from posting something the other day, and it says Horizon Certificate of Posting. Maybe they've ironed out the Greml;ins?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

After the debacle with this software, you would have thought they would have ditched it, yet I just looked at a receipt from posting something the other day, and it says Horizon Certificate of Posting. Maybe they've ironed out the Greml;ins?

Coincidence. I dropped off a large parcel at local PO on Friday. As I was walking away from the PO, I quickly looked at the cert of postage ticket they gave me. Says 'Horizon Certificate of Posting' on it. Did make me chuckle and wonder if my parcel was safe or would get to the destination. Also surprised they advertise that name on their paperwork.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Slightly OT but what's disgusting is some of the wrongly accused STILL haven't received their compensation.

We appear to be as good at getting them paid as we are at stopping the small boats.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Slightly OT but what's disgusting is some of the wrongly accused STILL haven't received their compensation.

Obvious innit - the longer the government delays, the fewer will survive long enough to receive compensation, the less they have to pay out.

 

[Diver Fred]

Apparently Fujitsu own the IPR and won't release it to the PO.

 

[motorbiking]

Do you have a source for that? Seems unlikely given all the embedded IP in the solution.

 

[Old Salt]

Post office cant afford to ditch it and there is no replacement on the cards at the moment. Fujitsu will not handover the code and have the PO by the short and curlies. Source is watching the PO inquiry for hours on end and reading some of the more relevant statements from the idiots in charge. Hopefully ultimately on their way to prison, although I am not holding my breath.

Government (of all parties) should be ashamed of themselves. I calculated, based on one Post Masters experience and his statement, he is owed £1.75 million just based on his own financial losses, loss of his post office, loss of the income from the flat above, loss of profit and salary for the 15 years he expected to keep working.

 

[Diver Fred]

Do you have a source for that? Seems unlikely given all the embedded IP in the solution.

I'll put my hand up and apologise for posting what I now know is an erroneous statement - prior to some time in 2023 the IPR was owned by Fujitsu but since that date is owned by the PO - Link.

My thoughts are that the Horizon system has now such a bad reputation that Fujitsu cannot license the system or similars to other organisations so to sell the IPR is a way out.