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You say this as if they aren't like 10+ year contracts :) Also, they often come with crazy requirements and local IT support (designed this way in order to ensu
by DannyBee 10y ago
You say this as if they aren't like 10+ year contracts :)
Also, they often come with crazy requirements and local IT support (designed this way in order to ensure only lexis/westlaw can fulfill them).
- AnthonyMouse 10y agoThat sounds suspiciously like Corruption.
- foxyv 10y agoSorta, but not really. Usually what happens is that a company works with a state or local government on custom projects for so long that they create their own niche which is extremely difficult for a newcomer to fill. This is mostly just an emergent property of bureaucracy. Eventually these niches are choked off and die, however it takes decades.