Comment Re:orly? Portland ahead of curve, big open source (Score 1) 83
"The only mistake that may have been made by Oregon State gov. tech people was letting Federal officials talk into going outside Oregon for the website project."
should read
"The only mistake that may have been made by Oregon State gov. PROJECT MANAGERS was letting Federal officials talk into going outside Oregon for the website project."
Like the other response, I also worked at the state data center, and even had input into the design (much of which was never followed, shocker). The tech side of the SDC had problems, due to poor management, and many SMEs have left including myself. The IT infrastructure powering the healthcare applications, however, worked reliably even if the applications didn't.
