Element on Nostr: nprofile1q…2z9yd The SIs are often the only ones qualified to sell to the ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqfycsmqh5f638rc0pkrfr58xs7e92spxdv2hxgn40rptd6qtdh89qw2z9yd (nprofile…z9yd) The SIs are often the only ones qualified to sell to the government; they may already be under contract in an existing general purpose agreement, or they meet the necessary size criteria (turnover, # of employees, insurance thresholds). Plus to successfully deliver a huge deployment typically *does* require a SI to do all the glue legwork. But given a chance, it is just too tempting for the SI to save costs by not paying the upstream. So: you have to give them something to pay for.