[usconservative]

Drudge Report content is nothing more than a Web Page with referral links, some light graphics and a few ads. Simply speaking, not hard to serve up 45 million hits a day from perhaps 2 or 3 load balanced servers on a medium sized internet pipe.

That is VASTLY DIFFERENT from a website that is taking input and accessing back end databases, matching up information, etc..

Comparing the two is truly comparing apples and oranges.

Now, if you want to simply belittle the Federal Government for not being able to put up a website given their limitless access to money (our tax dollars) then by all means go for it!

[freeandfreezing]

Drudge Report content is nothing more than a Web Page with referral links..That is VASTLY DIFFERENT from a website that is taking input and accessing back end databases, matching up information, etc..

True, but there are plenty of commercial websites that can handle 5 million hits per day and actually perform transactions. And for healthcare.gov they are quoting hits, not even unique users or attempted transactions.

Consider traffic loads on sites like reddit, kayak, Amazon, Walmart, Bank of America, Facebook etc. It is well known in the industry how to support large numbers of transactions per day, well over the number that apparently caused healthcare.gov to grind to a halt.

[SandwicheGuy]

Drudge Report content is nothing more than a Web Page with referral links, some light graphics and a few ads.

Good explanation coherently put. But who cares, certainly not me, any stick will do when you want to beat a dog. The company who did this website is now under investigation for fraud, surprise surprise.

[SandwicheGuy]

Drudge Report content is nothing more than a Web Page with referral links, some light graphics and a few ads.

Good explanation coherently put. But who cares, certainly not me, any stick will do when you want to beat a dog. The company who did this website is now under investigation for fraud, surprise surprise.