Obamacare and Middle-Wheel-Wheelbarrows 199
davecb writes "The Obamacare sign-up site was a classic example of managers saying 'not invented here' and doing everything wrong, as described in Poul-Henning Kamp's Center Wheel for Success, at ACM Queue."
It's not just a knock on the health-care finance site, though:
"We are quick to dismiss these types of failures as politicians asking for the wrong systems and incompetent and/or greedy companies being happy to oblige. While that may be part of the explanation, it is hardly sufficient. ... [New technologies] allow us to make much bigger projects, but the actual success/failure rate seems to be pretty much the same."
Re:Why not call it its actual name? (Score:3, Funny)
But, virtually all I know about the topic I learned on Fox news, if you called it the Affordable Care Act website I would have no clue what you are talking about.
My neighbor is much more knowledgeable on the topic, he listens to Rush Limbaugh all the time.
Learned about Chinese Wheelbarrows (Score:5, Funny)
But I think we all know that a car analogy is needed to explain the healthcare.gov mis steps. Namely, the Democrats drove the law through all obstacles, but then after the elections, they ran out of gas. The Democrats wanted to buy more gas, but the Republicans said the engine is broken and should be replaced. The Democrats asked what engine to buy, but the Republicans had no idea except not from Solyndra. While they were arguing about it, Obama said that the midnight train of 2014 was approaching. The Democrats asked the Republicans to help push the car because it at least helps some people get healthy, but the Republicans said it would be faster if they spilled oil on the road and got rid of taxes on oil. Then the wheels came off the healthcare.gov website.