This sounds like a great use of taxpayer money. $30M is chump change compared to the upgrade cost, and as I've grown older I've developed a reverence for working code and working systems.
> $30M is chump change compared to the upgrade cost
Which said upgrade is going to happen anyway, so it's not staying fees vs upgrade cost, it's staying fees (however long it's dragged out) plus upgrade cost.
The proper comparison is $30M vs the cost of not doing "business".
