Exactly. I've lost bids to the US Navy. where the end-users strongly
wanted only my product (supercomputers from the ex-superstar SGI
(Silicon Graphics Inc) and they were clearly superior to what won, but
my product still lost. Solely due to cost reasons and a purchasing
agent who was there solely to kill time towards her retirement. For
anyone to say Milemarker won because it was "better" has their head up
their ass.

Jerry

wrote:
> I think both you guys take this whole process WAY too seriously: after
> being in the military for awhile and seeing the cheap POS gear they
> foisted off on us, there's one explanation for such a huge contract (if
> the whole Army indeed uses them): some congressman's brother owns Mile
> Marker. Why do you think the Marines keep buying the Osprey aircraft?
> Because at least one part is made in each 50 states. Look it up. They
> may be great winches or they may be crap, but unfortunately I don't
> believe that quality enters a whole lot into the equation. For every
> Jeep-type quality product they get lucky creating, there are 50 F-18s,
> H-60's, and M-16s.
>
> Matt
>

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