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On 12/10/2023 10:44 PM, Dennis Boone wrote:
>   > I think you missed the point.  They didn't do the required benchmarks.
>   > They couldn't because the machine they were bidding didn't exist and
>   > wouldn't exist for at least 6 months.  And yet, they won.
> 
> No, I didn't miss it.  OTOH, did it really make any difference in the
> outcome, given the guy who was going to buy a VAX no matter what?  Who

No, but who would have expected this going into n RFP?

> didn't put the BSD requirement in the RFQ?

Three guesses.
I still keep one of the textbooks he wrote to remind me.  :-}

bill