>The state is at last in process of choosing a vendor to replace its antiquated technology but doesn’t expect to complete the work until 2025. Call me cynical,

>The state is at last in process of choosing a vendor to replace its antiquated technology but doesn’t expect to complete the work until 2025. Call me cynical, but knowing how enterprise software vendors fool big corporations, I'm left wondering how bad the software is they manage to sell to state IT departments. Whether this new software will even an improvement on the status quo is questionable at best. I'm always thinking the state should instead spend money on open source solutions. They at least could be vetted by interested parties. And with the money the state hands to vendors they could finance some great development.