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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by microdrum on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:54PM (#17634192)
Are you sure it isn't because key Google and Amazon employees have threatened to quit their jobs if either of these companies helps their own government? I mean, if I were USG, I would be running away from Google.
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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by gowld on Saturday July 28, 2018 @03:26PM (#17634552)
"Government" is is not the same as "weapons". Your comment only applies narrowly to the DoD.
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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by adventured on Saturday July 28, 2018 @07:02PM (#17635503)
This is a $10b contract for the Pentagon, not just generic "government." It is a contract that is guaranteed to involve weapons, war and killing people in numerous ways.

The Pentagon would be crazy to do business with Google after their employee revolt. They can't afford that kind of elevated ideological-based risk and instability.

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