David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show'

Re:David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a... by coldtea on Sunday December 08, 2013 @03:20PM (#6871205)

>Think about THAT for a moment. It took government A BILLION DOLLARS just to make a website that the private sector could have delivered for A THOUSAND TIMES less money and in a third of the time.

Well, I don't know.

The private sectors seems willing to pay 3 BILLION DOLLARS for a BS message/photo sharing app (Snapchat) that one could have built in 6 months with 2-3 man years of effort.

Compared to the trivialness of that, the healthcare website is rocket science.

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Re:David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a... by pswilson14 on Sunday December 08, 2013 @05:33PM (#6871763)

Could be argued that, when a company like Facebook acquires something like Instagram (which is itself a pretty straightforward service that wouldn't be difficult for a team of competent developers to build), they aren't really buying the app. They're buying the user base.

Anyone can build a Snapchat, but not anyone can have millions of active users.

Sorry, just had to point out my opinion that that argument isn't too relevant to the discussion.

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