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Some key points - 1.) 11 database servers. 1 app server 2.) Not redirecting http to https 3.) not stress tested or apparently tested in any way 4.) users got their first taste of the system the morning of the election.
Zero training? A single web server? No end users even touching the system till it's time for mission critical use? No frigging redirect of http->https? And it looks like, as has happened more than once in my professional life, people outside of the management structure saw possible risks and were blown off by those in charge. Even if you supported Romney, this has to give you some pause about the man's management ski…
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A Web App is actually the right call. It was for volunteers doing GOTV in the field, not as much for people sitting at a desktop. And you would want to be able to issue updates quickly and carefully control access -- things that are much more difficult with an App Store app.
Using Windows was a mistake, that's for sure. Good thing for Democrats they didn't know about the open source ushahidi platform.
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Using Windows was a mistake, that's for sure. Good thing for Democrats they didn't know about the open source ushahidi platform.
How did you determine using Windows was a mistake from the information presented in the article ?
What I get from the article is a classic tale of crappy IT management, the like of which I've seen and heard of several times.
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Using Windows was a mistake, that's for sure. Good thing for Democrats they didn't know about the open source ushahidi platform.
How did you determine using Windows was a mistake from the information presented in the article ?
Also, from the article, project failed. Failure is regularly equated with having made mistakes.
Zero training? A single web server? No end users even touching the system till it's time for mission critical use? No frigging redirect of http->https? And it looks like, as has happened more than once in my professional life, people outside of the management structure saw possible risks and were blown off by those in charge. Even if you supported Romney, this has to give you some pause about the man's management ski…
He hired Microsoft and what sounds like a Microsoft Partner. No one gets fired for buying Microsoft.
The campaign could not manage launching a web app and they wanted to run the entire USA !?!?!?!
From Slate back in July: an interesting background piece about the campaign's approach to staffing for data analysis. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/victory_lab/... What the debacle brings to mind is the consequences of putting "idea guys" in charge of software development when there is a hard deadline. "Orca had been conceived by two men—Romney's Director of Voter Contact Dan Centinello and the camp…
A Web App is actually the right call. It was for volunteers doing GOTV in the field, not as much for people sitting at a desktop. And you would want to be able to issue updates quickly and carefully control access -- things that are much more difficult with an App Store app.
Yes.
Calling it "an app" however was a bad call. From a practical standpoint, that is. From the standpoint of "an idea guy" and a "communications expert" it was of course a requirement.
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Using Windows was a mistake, that's for sure. Good thing for Democrats they didn't know about the open source ushahidi platform.
Why do you choose to throw out an insult at Windows? Is there anything about this story that points to Windows being at fault? How about you think before you flame next time, okay?
I base my statement partly on that experience.