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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 Feb 2016

      This will be increasingly common: big companies destroyed by failed software projects.https://goo.gl/KJLnGq 

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 Feb 2016

      The scarier version is when this happens in government. No cell wall limits the damage.

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        2. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg Yes; I think Obama's http://healthcare.gov  "tech surge" speech on the Rose Lawn will be looked back at as a watershed moment.

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        3. Kanyi Maqubela‏Verified account @km 22 Feb 2016
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          @patrickc @paulg Can you elaborate?

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        4. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 22 Feb 2016
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          @km @paulg As the moment when the fate of administrations started to be determined by their ability to execute major software projects.

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        5. Kanyi Maqubela‏Verified account @km 22 Feb 2016
          Replying to @patrickc

          @patrickc @paulg Ahha, roger. Totally. And amazing that it was a tiny skunkworks team in a hacker house in Baltimore that delivered, too.

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        6. Brandon Ballinger‏ @bballinger 22 Feb 2016
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          @km @patrickc Worth noting: the early "tech surge" wins were in getting the *existing* contractors to work together:http://qz.com/182303/these-three-management-rules-helped-fix-healthcare-gov/ …

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        1. Carotz‏ @CarotzMTL 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg already happened at VA on failed attempt with IBM to create integrated claims processing. Gave that tshirt back in 2010.

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        1. Swathi Young‏ @SwathiYoung 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg agreed. I also see many large enterprises not being held accountable for these disastrous results.

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        1. Jared Cosulich‏ @jaredcosulich 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg Is there a valid strategy in building a skunk-works solution and then slowly integrating & scaling up or is that naive?

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        1. Ali Lakrakbi‏ @alilakrakbi 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg the worse is when government is still stuck at paper level. Like here in Morocco

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        1. Justin Ibbett‏ @JustinIbbett 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg already happened in UK with NHS in the 2000s - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/18/nhs-records-system-10bn …

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        1. Simon Brooke  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺‏ @simon_brooke 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg We've seen this several times in the UK. Worst consequence: politicians and civil servants grow to fear necessary modernisations.

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        1. Anant Kadiyala‏ @akadiyala 22 Feb 2016
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          @paulg It is quite prevalent in govt as well. Health Insurance Exchange implementations are good examples.

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