[oclug] Sat evening rant

[Joe Burpee]

burns wrote:
> Chris Herrnberger wrote:
> > DND has just set the wheels in motion after 17:00hrs today to sole source a
> > 50K seat desktop upgrade from win95 to MS2000. Thats right 50K seats that are
> > now permanently locked into a sole supplier (MS), completely legal and with
> > further ownerouse implications when active directory protocols are
> > considered.
> 
> Unless challenged... it's an ACAN.

Smells an awful lot like a done deal, burns.

http://www.merx.cebra.com/English/Supplier_Menu.asp?WCI=Form&WCE=Show&XID=68164433436&State=4

"Upgrade", my butt.  How would you challenge that one anyway?

Joe