You're right that there is an implied threat. I've seen work go offshore because there was a dev team to the east that said yes. They said yes to everything. Th

You're right that there is an implied threat. I've seen work go offshore because there was a dev team to the east that said yes. They said yes to everything. They said yes even though they didn't understand the problem. Yes yes yes. A year later the project was dropped because all that yes was just another lie. Lots of managerial egg on faces and the customers went elsewhere. That kind of management just wants a lie so that they can apportion blame. They're not actually interested in getting a good bit of kit out the door.