On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 05:16:03PM +0200, Geoff Galitz wrote: > I'm not so sure the process really differs between academia and the > commerial sector. I work in both regularly and in my experience they are > quite similar.
I've done both and they're wildly different, because all my academic buys were required to be from the lowest bidder. This was at a US state school, with NSF money. Likewise the US government generally requires bidding, & the lowest bidder (or highest performance for a fixed $$) is generally the winner, although "best value" evaluation is often formally involved. It's rare for a US company to require buying from the lowest bidder. -- greg _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
