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To: jttmab who wrote (10285)	2/4/2002 2:33:53 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Beyond that I consider it a business decision. That's one way of putting it. It's (naturally) more complicated. It is primarily a software contract. The guys who bid it for the company probably couldn't spell "software" correctly. They grotesquely underbid. OTOTH, they may simply have been using that common cost+ tactic of bid as low as possible and you'll be OK because it's cost+. They estimated 3 software engineers for 1 1/2 years. Would you believe 40+ for 3 years and still counting? Gov't: We can't afford to finish this contract. We can't get more money from Congress. You have two choices: we cancel or you pay part of the cost of completion. Company: We'll pay. The thought of never hearing from the customer again if the company reneged undoubtedly fed into that decision. This is not a point of "principal"; in all likelihood, your company is exposing itself to a violation of the FAR. Which means?