It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by us0r » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:29 PM UTC

It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now
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Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

#2

Post by the-pigeon » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:05 PM UTC

"without the guy in the White House even batting an eye."

Do they not read Trump's Twitter? He's complained about Amazon and Bezos a ton.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by Rafuino » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:21 PM UTC

the-pigeon wrote: post #2

"without the guy in the White House even batting an eye." Do they not read Trump's Twitter? He's complained about Amazon and Bezos a ton.

Complaining is one thing, acting is another.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by gumby » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:24 PM UTC

the-pigeon wrote: post #2

"without the guy in the White House even batting an eye." Do they not read Trump's Twitter? He's complained about Amazon and Bezos a ton.

I think that's the point: despite these complaints he said nothing about this. Though why anyone would even mention it to him is beyond me.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by justicezyx » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:26 PM UTC

Turns out Oracle's complaints do have merits, contrary to normal emotional responses.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

#6

Post by fipple » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:35 PM UTC

A $2 billion minimum size for a vendor getting a $10 billion contract is perfectly reasonable.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

#7

Post by nova22033 » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:41 PM UTC

This is a bad article. Is there any other cloud provider who has a cloud offering certified to hold top secret/secret data?

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by thosakwe » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:42 PM UTC

There you have it folks - another large corporation gaining political power.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by jonknee » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:43 PM UTC

Amazon being in line to win a large government contract while the President openly despises Amazon is actually a testament to proper government procurement. The real scandal would be if the President ordered Amazon to not be considered because of his personal beef with the Washington Post (and IMO general jealousy regarding Bezos who is actually as successful as Trump has always dreamed of being).

tl;dr It is not a scandal that the leading cloud provider is in the pole position for a large cloud contract.

Re: It’s Amazon’s Swamp Now

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Post by bilbo0s » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 11:48 PM UTC

fipple wrote: post #6

A $2 billion minimum size for a vendor getting a $10 billion contract is perfectly reasonable.

More than reasonable. Not awarding the contract to an organization with the requisite scale would be cause for investigating the process.

In my mind, the likelihood is that people would complain no matter who got this contract. If it went to Microsoft, the article would be about all the high ranking contacts between Microsoft and the Pentagon. As a pragmatic matter, any organization with the expertise and scale to realistically execute this contract will have deep connections with the Pentagon. At several levels.