[mdlug] Healthcare.gov development problem

[Bob]

and this
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obamacare-website-violates-licensing-agreement-copyrighted-software_763666.html

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On 10/22/2013 11:22 AM, Jeff Hanson wrote:
> https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=healthcare.gov
> http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?host=healthcare.gov
>
> More likely just another example of bad government procurement rules.  The
> fact that the site worked at all is an improvement over some of their other
> major IT projects.
>
> http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/governance-and-risk/lessons-from-a-billion-dollar-project-failure.html
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:52 AM, David Lane <dcl400m at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Before I start:
>>
>> I am only interested in the technical aspects of the Web solution NOT
>> anybodies political views.
>>
>>
>> I was signing up for insurance and the site felt like a ".NET" resource
>> site. Then I did not work.  Now it is working much better.
>>
>> I would love to know what MISSED steps the project incurred to produce
>> such a result.
>>
>>
>> My thought is that;
>>
>> 1. The project was not managed in that there was no Alfa Testing or Beta
>> testing.
>> 2. The development hierarchy needed a Software/Solution Architect
>> 3. The Back end resources were not implemented correctly
>> 4. They used inexperienced developers/programmers
>> 5. Gurus were not used
>> 6. No Quality Assurence
>> 7. THEY USED MICROSOFT (LOL)
>>
>>
>> I could go on, but engineering solutions have glitches that is to be
>> expected but I'm thinking that I'm a programmer that strives to do my best
>> to deliver solutions that perform well. I even get in trouble fighting to
>> do my best.
>>
>>
>> I guess my point is that skilled IT Professionals sometimes are short
>> changed in that an Executive look at what they are paying and say can i get
>> it for cheaper, and make more money? When the solution does not work right
>> or has more glitches than normal the project ends up costing more than
>> having a seasoned professional develop the project.
>>
>> I have to say I don't like Microsoft sponsoring Visa's so that they can
>> pay their staff less money.
>>
>> As I said this is NOT about politics, it is about IT Culture and the
>> string of bad choices that were made to produce a flawed solution. And I
>> believe that If they chose the right people and the right resources there
>> would not be an issue.
>>
>> But My Bias is that Linux is so much more scalable than Microsoft, fact
>> check me look at www.top500.org. And employing AND paying IT Gurus would
>> have helped.
>>
>>
>> David C. Lane
>> Programmer
>> "Linux Leaning"
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