> Another sore point was the Medicare agency’s decision to use database software, from a company called MarkLogic, that managed the data differently from system

> Another sore point was the Medicare agency’s decision to use database software, from a company called MarkLogic, that managed the data differently from systems by companies like IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. I wonder where this requirement came from. Were there specific reasons, such as an analysis that this particular technology was most appropriate to the task? Or something involving vendor favoritism?