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Principally: start punishing the corrupt vendors; don't assume that reputation mechanisms will ensure that non-corrupt ones will eventually outcompete the corru
by mjw1007 8y ago
Principally: start punishing the corrupt vendors; don't assume that reputation mechanisms will ensure that non-corrupt ones will eventually outcompete the corrupt ones.
Just as you have to build software for the users you have not the users you feel you deserve, we need a service industry that works for the service-commissioning agents we have.
- PakG1 8y agoAgain... how would you do it though? Who would do the punishing? How would you enforce the punishment? Would clients build the punishment into the contract? Even if you could do that, the vendors have the advantage of how to construct the contract in their best interests and avoid punishment. Most ideas will go straight back to market forces. Again, the issue is expertise to choose good options, not the existence of market forces.