Fast-forward five years. The Army (apparently still feeling bad about how it treated poor BodiTech) decides that BodiTech's program had failed because of a "poor requirements definition." Having now spent several years developing a better list of requirements, the Army is ready to put another contract out for bids.

But wait! Upon closer examination, it turns out that after a series of horse trades with the Navy, senior Army leadership has bargained away its right of acquisition. The Navy will lead the search for a new "joint" software contract. And to no one's surprise, the Navy's favorite software company, BodiTech, wins again.

As of three weeks ago, one year has passed since BodiTech got this contract. And what do you suppose has been delivered to end-users? Right. Exactly nothing. Over the past five years our competitor has been awarded at least $20M of American tax dollars, and produced nothing that the Army can use. Meantime my company has been investing its own R&D dollars, continuing to improve and modernize our software, which users still prefer.

Is this what they mean by "Good enough for government work?"