Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 07/17/2008 at 10:45 AM, Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Low Bid. Many government entities are bound by law to solicit proposals from everyone and take the lowest bid. The Devil is in the details. They are not required to accept a bid that does not comply with the

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-23 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip- Low Bid. Many government entities are bound by law to solicit proposals from everyone and take the lowest bid. The Devil is in the details. They are not required to accept a bid that does not comply with the RFP and they

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-17 Thread Rick Fochtman
This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ?? Gary Green wrote: We plan and plan and plan to make sure everything is correct with the systems and such that we are responsible for. Then along comes someone that make a decision that makes it all moot. You gotta read

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-17 Thread Hal Merritt
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Disaster in the making This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ?? Gary Green wrote: We plan and plan and plan

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-17 Thread Gray, Larry - Larry A
owned landfills? Larry Gray Large Systems Engineering Lowe's Companies 336-658-7944 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Disaster in the making

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-17 Thread Howard Brazee
On 17 Jul 2008 08:05:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Fochtman) wrote: This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ?? Sometimes it isn't what one is thinking - but what one isn't thinking that matters most.

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-17 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman This gives me pause. What were the original site selectors thinking ?? Since it's a government entity, it could have been any (combination of) these, and not necessarily in this order: 1. Cheapest

Re: Disaster in the making

2008-07-17 Thread Howard Brazee
On 17 Jul 2008 10:21:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote: Since it's a government entity, it could have been any (combination of) these, and not necessarily in this order: 1. Cheapest available; 2. Pork-barrel; 3. political favor; 4. political disfavor. Or It's someone else's

Disaster in the making

2008-07-15 Thread Gary Green
We plan and plan and plan to make sure everything is correct with the systems and such that we are responsible for. Then along comes someone that make a decision that makes it all moot. You gotta read this article. If it were not so serious, it would be funny.