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"corruption is a red herring, corrupt officials and companies can be corrupt regardless of software license." Corruption implies that somebody is making enough
by cjfd 2y ago
"corruption is a red herring, corrupt officials and companies can be corrupt regardless of software license."
Corruption implies that somebody is making enough money to pay bribes. Therefore, corruption will naturally be to the advantage of those that make the most money from the least quality offering.
- bruce511 2y agoNot really. The company's not really paying bribes out of their own money though. They're paying it out of the revenue flow from that sale. In other words "give me this govt contract and I'll route n% of it back to you". n% has to be "reasonable" or there's no commercial point in offering the bribe to begin with. If there's a cash-flow issue (you gotta pay the bribe before getting the contract) then I guess it favors deep pockets.