The purpose of Star Wars was to bankrupt the Soviet Union, at which it succeeded magnificently. Cold War won, without a shot fired. That is strategy, my friend.

The purpose of this is to fill the pockets of EDS shareholders. No-one in the government has the slightest clue about IT, they believe whatever the consultants tell them. From the outside it's obviously a ridiculous idea. But inside the civil service, you've got this budget, you've got to spend it otherwise you'll get less next year, and it's not like you'll get fired whatever you do.