The procurement officer who picks IBM and gets a mediocre outcome keeps their job. The one who picks the startup and gets a better outcome looks like a fool if it fails.
It’s a pseudo-market. And once you see it, you’ll see it everywhere.
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@Daojoan
I became aware of the "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" by having a Mac plus in 1985 and getting up and running on it in a few hours. Mac word took and hour. Meanwhile i m taking a class in WordPerfect in MS DOS.
It took weeks to get proficient
@Daojoan
Just as far as looking like a fool if it fails-
So many of life's choices really boil down to chance. You pick the right one, you back up your logic and explain how that made you right. Pick wrong, even if it was likely the better choice and people say you weren't smart enough or had bad information or something. When in actuality either decision can be argued just as effectively and logically.
@Daojoan The ease to leave is tricky because the other vendors will come along and exploit it. I have seen it from within a company that offers it. One must have account managers that keep constant contact to prevent the churns
@Daojoan How is the outcome better if the startup fails?
