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Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA... by tptacek on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:12PM (#18829222)
It’s below list, but every procurer on earth knows that, so it’s above the price private companies pay.

When I was in product management, GSA price lists were my trick to learn what competitors charged.

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Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA... by civilitty on Saturday January 05, 2019 @12:27AM (#18830083)
Isn't it an easy way to get blacklisted if you sell to private companies below the GSA price? At least that seems to be the predominant assumption most scientific equipment companies operate under.
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Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA... by tptacek on Saturday January 05, 2019 @12:36AM (#18830110)
I don't know, maybe that is a thing, and maybe things have changed, but when I was doing product pricing, our assumption was that the GSA price was going to be somewhat higher than the "discounted" price most customers would pay.
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Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA... by jacobr1 on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:05AM (#18836673)
The common trick to change the product, such that it is different is some non-fundamental way. Then it isn't the "same" product.
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