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[Ron Nossaman]

>The question, of course, is, "What do I tell the customer?"

The unvarnished truth. You report what is, devoid of how you think it 
likely became, stand by to answer specific questions resulting from, and 
offer appropriately priced corrective measures for, based on the realistic 
expectation of accomplishing same irrespective of what is, what was 
expected, what was promised, and what resulted from the previous iteration. 
The last guy's sins ain't your problem.

If you get the job, you get it honestly. If you don't, you have lost it 
having told them exactly what they needed to know to incorrectly decide to 
take it elsewhere.

Unfortunately, education (whether short or long term) doesn't often equate 
to good sense.

Ron N