How To FIx Healthcare.gov: Go Open-Source! 307
McGruber writes "Over at Bloomberg Businessweek, Paul Ford explains that the debacle known as healthcare.gov makes clear that it is time for the government to change the way it ships code: namely, by embracing the open source approach to software development that has revolutionized the technology industry." That seems like the only way to return maximum value to the taxpayers, too.
Re:routine IT work (Score:3, Funny)
You can't polish a turd.
Myth: Busted [discovery.com]. You can, in fact, polish a turd.