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2016 Postmortem

Botany

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2. Although the same company that is doing the I.T. work for the A.C.A. was fired ....

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:49 AM

Oct 2013

... by the Provence of Ontario for failures in it's I.T. system.

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I smell a rat with Obamacare rollout [View all] politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2013 OP

Thank you, Captain Obvious. n/t Ian David Oct 2013 #1

Although the same company that is doing the I.T. work for the A.C.A. was fired .... Botany Oct 2013 #2

Certainly sounds plausible. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #3

What is the famous Law that says that the most obvious answer is always the correct answer. CTyankee Oct 2013 #4

Occam's Razor mrgorth Oct 2013 #6

I must admit that when I first heard about the computer glitches I suspected sabotage. CTyankee Oct 2013 #17

It's certainly possible, but lousy software done on the cheap is also possible. n/t winter is coming Oct 2013 #5

There's no need for anything nefarious jeff47 Oct 2013 #7

I want to believe that you're right, and was willing to do so. politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2013 #8

The news is reporting a disaster, because that gets you to read their stories. jeff47 Oct 2013 #10

No, the traffic would not "bring down any system." former9thward Oct 2013 #13

Now. jeff47 Oct 2013 #14

They had 3 1/2 years to do this. former9thward Oct 2013 #15

No, Amazon took about 5 years to figure it out. jeff47 Oct 2013 #20

And you would end up like healthcare.gov former9thward Oct 2013 #25

I still have problems with Amazon some times. It shouldn't happen but it sometimes does... CTyankee Oct 2013 #18

It's ridiculously farfetched to think that .... Scuba Oct 2013 #9

What I've been reading on IT blogs Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #11

I feel the same as you do, I think the system was deliberatly sabotaged began thinking Tippy Oct 2013 #12

It wasn't a glich or a conspiracy. former9thward Oct 2013 #16

well, whose idea was it to use 10 year old technology? That, in itself, could be the "sabotage." CTyankee Oct 2013 #19

I suspect we will find out. former9thward Oct 2013 #23

Hanlon's razor seabeckind Oct 2013 #21

Addendum seabeckind Oct 2013 #22

Any media people taking about this yet? polichick Oct 2013 #24

From start, they should have separated (1) applying for insurance and (2) browsing plans. Hoyt Oct 2013 #26

+100000 mainer Oct 2013 #27

I think sabotage masquerading as incompetence is highly likely. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #28

I think anything bad that ever happens is sabotage. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #29

10 year old technology? I really doubt it. SmittynMo Oct 2013 #30

Sometimes bad code is just bad code Revanchist Oct 2013 #31

Look the VA is really screwed up too---patience my friends Always Randy Oct 2013 #32

who wants their identity stolen? quadrature Oct 2013 #33

The way Thom Hartmann described it on Friday was ... november3rd Oct 2013 #34

No...Sibelius is just an idiot Anyone working in IT would know this was the most important Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #35