Quote:
Originally Posted by dyna mo
i would wager that the real # is still obscene. has nothgin to do with obama. it's too bad the news sources choose to overstate/guestimate the #s for a story on the # rather than actually try and find the fucking #.
nevertheless, could you imagine if for-profit/private business had to pay whatever it cost the government to create that site for their own/our own sites? fuuuuuuuuck. right.
|
I bet it is obscene, too. All government contracts are loaded with wasted dollars.
We're also a little jaded though. I have a friend that owns a web development firm and ten years ago it was ridiculous what he'd get paid $20k for. For $20k he'd be expected to do the same site that someone in adult could have done for $2k. These days he's struggling because people can get the same with a $60 modded WordPress template.
Edit: a fully and tightly integrated solution, even tied into the old mainframe legacy systems the government still uses shouldn't cost more than $500k to a million, I'd think. And at that price the contractor should still be able to turn a nice profit.