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Re:What happens when the U.S. President uses your startup fo... by giovannibajo1 on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @01:04PM (#6769722)
I see. I reckon it doesn't work either way. Think of how wonderful would have been to run a flawless presidential conference call with $9.99, instead of, for instance, procuring a custom-made IBM+Cisco contract for $200k.

Maybe there's a number in the middle, but I think it's hard to draw a line. At the end of the day, if I were a US citizen, I would prefer my government to attempt with a $9.99 service that went almost flawlessly, rather than ditch it just because "it's cheap, it can't work, we must pay at least $X".

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Re:What happens when the U.S. President uses your startup fo... by Goopplesoft on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @01:21PM (#6769869)
Although they're private and won't be paying using tax payer money, I agree and kudos to them. I was just addressing the risks associated with such a thing.
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