* worth noting this is my anecdotal experience, would love to hear stories of which companies do the contrary.
Microsoft’s $10bn Jedi cloud contract “sets dangerous precedent”, says AWS
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
First, these are accusations. Second, Amazon influenced the procurement process themselves by being involved in the process that set the criteria -- structuring it in a way that only they should be awarded the contract.
Third, the Amazon main shareholder and acting CEO also owns a newspaper that’s actively involved in fighting Trump.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Third, the Amazon main shareholder and acting CEO also owns a newspaper that’s actively involved in fighting Trump.
WaPo doesn't interfere in contract awards or break the law. Trump's many crimes and some mean words is a false equivalency.
Re: Microsoft’s $10bn Jedi cloud contract “sets dangerous precedent”, says AWS
#54>> Amazon called the single-supplier framework award “politically corrupted” I wonder when corporations will start taking the place of governments, when they will wage war against each other and kidnap each other's executives? This is the world we're heading towards. There can only be one winner. If they keep asking for more legal privileges for corporations, this is what we're going to get. The government should com…
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#56Wondering if anyone in these comments actually read the post. They are making a legitimate point about an unfair public procurement process that the president interfered in for personal reasons. > There is a recurring pattern to the way President Trump behaves when he’s called out for doing something egregious: first he denies doing it, then he looks for ways to push it off to the side, to distract attention from it…
I didn't read it, and won't. Amazon got out played by msft. Bezos is an amateur compared to the likes of the DOD team at msft, buying a mansion in DC to host parties, come on Bezos, such an amateur move. Getting into a public pissing match with the POTUS, stupid. Crying foul for months and months and then writing a story about your slippery slope theory, amateur, and locks you out of more cloud business with .gov. I…