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The list of 'approved' software vendors doesn't say it's because their billion dollar companies, but if it's from a company on the list that's enough. No furthe
by AvocadoPanic 3y ago
The list of 'approved' software vendors doesn't say it's because their billion dollar companies, but if it's from a company on the list that's enough. No further vetting required.
- nonrandomstring 3y agoYes indeed. I think where this goes wrong is when Bob in purchasing confuses can use this approved supplier with must use this supplier and fails to notice said supplier about to be bankrupted in court over a multi-billion security scandal, and goes ahead anyway. Voila! We just bought a couple million IoT bricks and doorstops that will be in a landfill next week.
- Natsu 3y agoIt very much feels like a "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" type of scenario sometimes.