News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:It bid high and lost. Should Amazon be allowed a do-over ... by roel_v on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:16PM (#22895306)
Having been on the winning side of a contract once for a bid that was clearly 100% written by a competitor, the Big Dog in our industry, in such a way that they absolutely thought only they could ever be meeting the terms - and then winning that bid by offering a better product at a lower price, and faster, I can a little bit imagine how satisfying this win must have been for the Microsoft bid manager or whatever they'd be called. And my project was only 6 digits.
Re:It bid high and lost. Should Amazon be allowed a do-over ... by wahern on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:50PM (#22895489)
> then winning that bid by offering a better product at a lower price, and faster,

Did you actually deliver on time and on budget?

Re:It bid high and lost. Should Amazon be allowed a do-over ... by roel_v on Thursday April 16, 2020 @10:52PM (#22895781)
Just a little over time, and it was fixed budget. Timing wise still much better than the norm in our industry.