but now someone is saying we should hold a competition for an MPA replacement, and you're all saying its ridiculous!?
you're about as accurate as the authors
Where has any one said it (a fair competition) is ridiculous. The thrust of the posts is simply....crap piece of work.
The argument against holding an extended competition, and even more so designing something new is incredibly simple...
due to a decision taken in 2010 we are in 2015...out of time!
It would have been nice (not to mention academically sound) to have seen that problem more firmly represented in this flimsy POS.