VAUD BACK UNDER BERNESE CONTROL.(Brief Article)

Swiss News | December 1, 1999 | Copyright

Major Davel, the Vaud patriot who led the canton's struggle for independence from its Bernese occupiers and was executed by them for it, must be turning in his grave. The canton has decided to give the operation of its central computing server, which controls all administration, including accounting, taxes and salaries, to Berne. Security and the need for economies are cited as the main reason. A power cut or act of sabotage to the present outmoded computer would completely paralyse the ...

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