HealthCare.gov: What Went Wrong?

New submitter codeusirae writes "An initial round of criticism focused on how many files the browser was being forced to download just to access the site, per an article at Reuters. A thread at Reddit appeared and was filled with analyses of the code. But closer looks by others have teased out deeper, more systematic issues."

Re:On Further Examination

[Anonymous Coward]

You do know you're on Slashdot, right? An article from 10/8 is practically superluminal for these guys.

Re:Here is a thought..

[Teancum]

Doesn't it strike anyone as odd that the Govt can design and implement a billion+ dollar data storage center for the NSA but can't deploy a website to allow people to sign up for insurance?

At least we can be comforted by the fact that the NSA data center is likely operated at the same levels of efficiency and competency.

Re:simple reason that a complex system fails

[Anonymous Coward]

Or they could call it a 'beta' and run it for 10 years like Google.