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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
I'm saying that a competitive bid process is sometimes a bad thing—or at least not uniformly a good thing—and that for the reasons explained above, bidding is probably not a great analogy for the situation encountered in FRC.
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sometimes a bad thing—or at least not uniformly a good thing - really?
One could make that statement about all matters involving one or more humans - it means nothing.
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
On the other hand, it can mean that you acquire a reputation as a pushover, and get all the business you can manage, at a grossly inadequate rate.
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That is not the net result. Performing for a grossly inadequate rate puts one out of business and/or likely not to make the same mistake again.
And in FIRST, the troll-bot teams will likely modify their risk assessment methodologies next year.
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
Equity is inherently an ideal. In the real world, there's nothing wrong with approximating it to the degree possible. That's the essence of doing business in good faith.
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Like I said - I wish that it did.