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Re:Obama administration to end contract with company behind ... by MichaelApproved on Friday January 10, 2014 @03:04PM (#7039003)
> Honestly I don't think there is any contractor who could have pulled this project off flawlessly

A few flaws could be excused but the site was a disaster.

> or even very much better than the group of misfits who did Healthcare.gov

In just a couple of months, the current contractor group was able to clean up most of the mess and improve the site dramatically. In just two months! Imagine what they could have pulled off if the group was put together earlier.

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Re:Obama administration to end contract with company behind ... by Iftheshoefits on Friday January 10, 2014 @03:07PM (#7039031)
The were able to clean up and improve an existing system, yes. That doesn't imply anything about their abilities to have created it from the ground up.
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Re:Obama administration to end contract with company behind ... by MichaelApproved on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:33AM (#7051538)
To me, it implies they have even more ability than if I saw them build it from the ground up. They were able to read the garbage written by the other developers and make something useful out of it. Pretty impressive!
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