[arethuza]

"could be a cheap lesson"

Not to mention the fact they wrote it up and it is now popular on HN means that other people might learn from this and avoid getting into the same mess.

[I once did a pile of work on a proposal for a large project for a customer who turned out to be using it as part of his MBA... I probably would have noticed something was funny but he was introduced to us by Sun!]

[ehurrell]

HN has showed me that this sort of thing is more common than I expected. Any and all experiences shared help people know what to look for.