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Re:Dammit – should I give up on open source in government by thehardsphere on Sunday August 13, 2017 @01:04PM (#15003737)
"They can get competitive bids instead of be stuck with a single vendor" can be translated as "they have to go through a complicated months long process to find a contractor instead of dial a 1-800 number and get the patch in two weeks."
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Re:Dammit – should I give up on open source in government by kspaans on Sunday August 13, 2017 @02:29PM (#15004189)
They already had to go through the months-long process to get that 1-800 number in the first place (unless of course they "just choose IBM"). FLOSS doesn't short-ciruit that, it just shifts it to a different phase of procurement.
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