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Posted on 08/08/2014 7:20:06 PM PDT by markomalley
Oracle Corp. has sued the state of Oregon in a fight over the state's health insurance exchange, saying government officials are using the technology company's software despite $23 million in disputed bills.
Oracle's breach-of-contract lawsuit against Cover Oregon was filed Friday in federal court in Portland. It alleges that state officials repeatedly promised to pay the company but have not done so.
The suit seeks unspecified damages.
Oregon's health insurance enrollment website was never launched to the general public. State officials have blamed Oracle, but the company says the state's bad management is responsible.
Gov. John Kitzhaber has called for the state to sue Oracle and recover some of the $134 million it's already paid to the Redwood City, California, company.
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Right?
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I would actually lean towards Oracles version of what happened. If you’ve ever had anything to do with a government development project what they say makes perfect sense. A bunch of Progressive chiefs, no Indians, and a large bucket of money to waste.
Yep but then is there ever an oracle project that comes in on budget.
My money is on Oracle.
It is not that hard to create a website and tie it to a data base of insurer rates. Unless you are laundering money thru these exchanges and giving money say to the daughter of Valerie Jarrett who works at a foreign company that receive hundreds of millions of dollars.
Having been in these types of battles, you can bet that the customer is NOT always right. And a well-managed company like Oracle is very, very meticulous about statements of work, contracts, customer management (when actually possible - tough with a political monstrosity like a state government) and the like.
Some will say that Oracle will get a black eye on this. Well, when you sleep with dogs...I actually warned a friend who works there about getting involved with a floating turd like Obamacare.
Oracle is expensive. It is also pretty much worth it. Any money people save by going cheaper on a database, they burn up (and more) with geek time and lost end-user productivity trying to make the things work and keep them that way. Just sayin’, that’s been my experience.
Oracle doesn’t charge for development licenses. You
pay when the product is put into production. Once
Oregon started putting customer data into the database,
the product is in production. Time to pay or go offline.
Right on the bullseye.
I’m with Oracle on this one.
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what about db2, mysql, informix ingres?
and what about the dispute between oracle and ca dmv?
having said that, i am very dubious about oregon’s claims...
Gov Kitzhaber is up for re election...we are hoping to get rid of him...He is one of the Os lackeys
Kitz will probably have his marriage just before the election to get the girly vote.
Oracle has an easy win here. The Oregon Health Plan waived away the normal DAS protocols for managing the project. Those protocols are well thought out, and I’ve seen them work.
In a government court? Slim chance. Possible, but remotely.
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