A common rent-seeking practice where vendors design structures and contracts to give them control of customer data and code.
The steps involved in vendor lock-in are:
1) Identify lower-IQ management to engage with
2) Insert clauses into contracts where vendor retains customer data and limit customer access
3) Insert clauses into contracts where code development commissioned by the customer is proprietary to the vendor
4) Say whatever is necessary to ensure customer is at ease with the clauses, but ensure no such record
5) Sell customer's own data back to them, piecemeal
6) Resell the output of the code each time it is run
7) Collect economic profits
The steps involved in vendor lock-in are:
1) Identify lower-IQ management to engage with
2) Insert clauses into contracts where vendor retains customer data and limit customer access
3) Insert clauses into contracts where code development commissioned by the customer is proprietary to the vendor
4) Say whatever is necessary to ensure customer is at ease with the clauses, but ensure no such record
5) Sell customer's own data back to them, piecemeal
6) Resell the output of the code each time it is run
7) Collect economic profits
Vendor Staff: "The regulators of First Common Bank found evidence of overcharging . First Common needs us to pull account numbers on which customers got hit. I wrote up the query and pulled the data while I was on the phone."
Vendor Mgnt: "That's great. Let's write up a Statement of Work detailing requirements. Put in a long time frame for delivery, like a month or two. We'll price at your annual salary so it looks like we did some math. What is it again, like $127,400?"
Vendor Staff: "We can't charge that."
Vendor Mgnt: "Yes we can. Where else are they getting the data? They don't have it. I personally negotiated the vendor lock-in."
Vendor Staff: "We charged them $127,400 last time."
Vendor Mgnt: "That's great. Let's write up a Statement of Work detailing requirements. Put in a long time frame for delivery, like a month or two. We'll price at your annual salary so it looks like we did some math. What is it again, like $127,400?"
Vendor Staff: "We can't charge that."
Vendor Mgnt: "Yes we can. Where else are they getting the data? They don't have it. I personally negotiated the vendor lock-in."
Vendor Staff: "We charged them $127,400 last time."
by human-natured December 12, 2019
When the lesser individual of a relationship buys their significant other a cat, creating an involuntary bond between as cat mom & cat dad. Unlike traditional marriage there is no legal requirement to file for a divorce. However the first person to leave is known as the parent who left. Cat lock - The modern approach to marriage. Typically this done by men but it does not mean roles can't be reversed.
by VValt Disney October 04, 2022
by Lot guy 994 November 23, 2019
by ZMoneyy February 09, 2024
When, during sex, as the male is about to blow his load, the woman pulls out a tazer and zaps the guy, forcing him to nut inside.
Male 1: Yo, how was your night with Becky?
Male 2: Uhh.. yeah it was good. Until she stun locked me.
Male 1: Damn, that sucks bro
Male 2: Uhh.. yeah it was good. Until she stun locked me.
Male 1: Damn, that sucks bro
by GlitchedHeathenVA February 08, 2025
(1) Internal intestine erruption due to the instant tightning of the anus. This deadly virus has been known to strike fags, bullshitters, jack-asses, dumb-assess, and assholes world-wide. But the most common cause is that fucking bitch debby.
(2) The locking of the anus intentionally to prevent any unwanted items from entering or escaping. Normally used in conjuction with a jerksqueeze or the lock-n-pop.
(2) The locking of the anus intentionally to prevent any unwanted items from entering or escaping. Normally used in conjuction with a jerksqueeze or the lock-n-pop.
(1) It was determined that Bob, after all that shit talk, was infected with colon lock and would die a pretty shitty death.
(2) Colon lock is a widly used technique in prison and has been known to reduce the risk of gayness.
(2) Colon lock is a widly used technique in prison and has been known to reduce the risk of gayness.
by whitestrips April 28, 2008
Is Joshua a shong lock dong?
by dragon_slayer36 October 02, 2017