[echelon]

> we/my org see it as a license to print money and an opportunity to lock govt in. Really perverse incentives.

That's so fucking wrong, but I bet the government continually falls for this trap.

[denkmoon]

They pat themselves on the back for falling into it. Congratulations and drinks all round after you've signed millions over to big blue for a glorified application level firewall.

[wslack]

It's already in the trap. Very hard to justify the $$$$ to be platform neutral when sales reps are so good at pushing the savings of jumping in fully with one SaaS.