It doesn't need to be that way. The procurement process used by governments to buy software is broken beyond repair anyway. Maybe this will bring some innovatio

It doesn't need to be that way. The procurement process used by governments to buy software is broken beyond repair anyway. Maybe this will bring some innovation into the space. For private companies in competitive industries I couldn't see this affecting consumers in a negative way. It may affect the bonuses of the overpaid but few would lose sleep over that.