Because no-one who could do it for less can afford to respond to government contracts, and make sure they comply with all the applicable laws and regulations, and keep the sort of records, and be prepared for the audits of said records, required.
As soon as you do business with the govt, the overhead goes through the roof. > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Giagnocavo [mailto:patr...@zill.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:02 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies > > andrew.wallace wrote: > > Article: > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487045450045753529838504631 > 08.html > > > > Why does it cost $100 million to install and configure OpenBSD on a > bunch of old systems? > > --Patrick
