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Oregon Withholding $25.6M From Oracle Over Health Website Woes

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.

itwbennett writes "Oregon is holding back $25.6 million in payments from Oracle (out of some $69.5 million Oracle claims it is owed) over work the vendor did on the state's troubled health care exchange website. The site was supposed to go live on Oct. 1 but its launch has been marred by a slew of bugs and it is not yet fully functional. This week, Cover Oregon said it had reached an agreement with Oracle laying out 'an orderly transition of technology development services, and protects current and future Cover Oregon enrollees,' according to a statement. Oregon officials reached the deal with Oracle after the company reportedly threatened to pull all of its workers off the project and essentially walk away."

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  1. Good if they succeed. by Z00L00K · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Too many companies deliver sub-standard software without any risk at all, especially in big projects.

    Mistakes do happen, but underbidding is too common.

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    If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
    1. Re:Good if they succeed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Too many public services that were privatized under the guise of saving money now cost the public more money than when they were publicly run. Turns out 'privatization' is a euphemism for 'funnel money in to my campaign contributor's pockets'

    2. Re:Good if they succeed. by Charliemopps · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Clearly you've never worked with Oracle. The states biggest mistake was hiring them.