Similar applications don’t have to be programmed from scratch every time.
This sounds exactly like a COBOL programmer turned manager I met early in my career.
Major projects can share expertise and costs.
As opposed to tossing a dead raccoon over each other’s yard until somebody has to clean it up. Because I cannot imagine such office politics in the government.
Applications paid by the public should be available for everyone.
I demand my right to access military supplies management software code. And a nice Makefile to build that thing at home. Yeah, I have the right to that shit too. For recreational purposes.
With transparent processes, others don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
Now this is some fancy gourmet quality Dilbert’s pointy haired boss shit right there, oh yeah.
If you didn’t put up all those strawmen blocking your sight, you might see more benefits.
The way this often works today is that even the government offices themselves don’t have the source code for their own applications. This allows for private vendors to extract a lot of money for sub-par, insecure custom software. Government office soften can’t even switch to a new vendor without causing a full rewrite.
This sounds exactly like a COBOL programmer turned manager I met early in my career.
As opposed to tossing a dead raccoon over each other’s yard until somebody has to clean it up. Because I cannot imagine such office politics in the government.
I demand my right to access military supplies management software code. And a nice Makefile to build that thing at home. Yeah, I have the right to that shit too. For recreational purposes.
Now this is some fancy gourmet quality Dilbert’s pointy haired boss shit right there, oh yeah.
Dunno folks, I’m not convinced.
If you didn’t put up all those strawmen blocking your sight, you might see more benefits.
The way this often works today is that even the government offices themselves don’t have the source code for their own applications. This allows for private vendors to extract a lot of money for sub-par, insecure custom software. Government office soften can’t even switch to a new vendor without causing a full rewrite.