Originally Posted by holograph

yeah but from the article we know only 4 variables: 18mil, web site, 600k, similar technology

based solely on these factors there is no way to determine if 18mil budget is over and through the roof. we don't know how similar is the technology, we don't know what are the requirements nor we do not know how much resources are allocated the project. half of people on gfy never dealt in corporate business and probably very few dealt with government projects if any - and all act like experts that from these 4 variables it is determined that project is blown out of proportions cost wise - maybe yes or maybe not.

you cannot take 18mil put together with word "website" and say wow that's just crazy I can build 18,000 tubes or more for that cost. we don't have enough data to make any kind of logical conclution, just half-thought out assumptions.