[dba-Tech] open source, closed source and healthcare.gov

On 2013-10-17 2:09 AM, Martin Reid wrote:
> Why would outsiders need to know? Just curious.
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> We use both windows and OS. Something fails outsiders will never know what failed, where it failed in fact outsiders would know nothing at all other than its not working. Why would/should they?

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PB

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> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] open source, closed source and healthcare.gov
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> The closed source backend is "burning up under the load of thousands of simultaneous users. But it's not just that the kitchen's on fire. The alarm system doesn't work either. The waiters can't hear the screams of the cooks. It's hard for outsiders to tell exactly what's going on, because CGI Federal's code is locked away out of sight ...".
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> http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-16/open-source-everything-the-moral-of-the-healthcare-dot-gov-debacle
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