The Post Office has asked to continue to use the flawed Horizon software for four years despite Fujitsu, who created the product, saying it is 'very worried' and 'there is an increasing risk of failure... that could result in adverse impact in the delivery of services to the public'.
There has been no discussion of how much Fujitsu, the maker of the faulty Post Office software Horizon, should contribute to compensating its victims, the company's Europe chief executive has said. The company has been in discussion with the government about paying towards its proposed billion-pound spend on redress for victims of the computer programme which falsely generated financial shortfalls.
There's 'nervousness' about any extension at Fujitsu, Mr Patterson said as if Horizon continues to be used 'there is an increasing risk of failure of the infrastructure that could result in adverse impact in the delivery of services to the public'. 'I am very worried about it,' he said. 'This system is not meant to be continuing and it's not had any material investments in the last four years.
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