Kevin, On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
You don't have to tell the truth to the losing sales folk... :-) Yes, I saw the smiley, but
Sigh. Perhaps there needs to be an emoticon for "really joking, really. no, really.".
Ethical issues aside, giving incorrect information to a losing vendor is fraud and, at least in the public sector, can get you in more trouble than you would ever want to think about being in.
If a vendor sales person indicates they are getting no requests for IPv6 support in their products (which would clearly be false since presumably you are requesting IPv6 support), then stating one reason the vendor did not win a bid was because of that vendor's stance on IPv6 may be accurate (YMMV). I have some skepticism such a claim would be considered unethical or fraud, even in the squeaky clean world of US government procurement. Regards, -drc