I don't think this is very PC

[Dieselboy]

I came across this on a well-known companies questionnaire / survey thing

[deanwebb]

It's not very Macintosh or *nix, either.

However, in the USA, there are regulations about minority- and woman-owned businesses and the encouragement of them. Questions like this are used for statistical purposes.

[that1guy15]

Yep, my last GOV gig the procurement pecking order was: Local > Female/Minority owner > Small Business > Lowest bidder > Anyone else.

The larger "Anyone else" companies usually had a small spin-off they would setup as Female/Minority owned to slip in the door.

I had many pains with this process and even screwed over a great VAR who help with my Nexus design a ton because they where not recognized as small business anymore by our procurement office. This process is the single biggest reason I will never work in GOV again. 

Oh and when you get the dreaded call from the over-achieving procurement buyer that they found a switch online for $200 and wants justification on why my request is for a $6000 switch. They are the same thing right?

/trigger

[javentre]

A friend of mine was losing out on a lot of business, he fixed that by making his wife a 51% owner in the company.

[SimonV]

Oh and when you get the dreaded call from the over-achieving procurement buyer that they found a switch online for $200 and wants justification on why my request is for a $6000 switch. They are the same thing right?

Depends if it's Belkin or not

[that1guy15]

One was literally a Nexus 5K vs a Best Buy add....

I saved the email and really wish I could have keep it.