> The big company probably eats the risk of the small company stuffing up Completely the other way around, actually - our business relationship with the larger

> The big company probably eats the risk of the small company stuffing up Completely the other way around, actually - our business relationship with the larger company was that we fixed their messes, some of which were gov contracts. Their sub-par developers would hack something together which eventually collapsed under its own weight, at which point they'd try to sell it anyway. If the client didn't accept it, we would then be brought in to close all the blocking bugs. > or the government changing requirements halfway through the project I don't think we were very insulated from this, but obviously by definition I can't tell you anything that we were shielded from!