Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud contract

Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by will4274 on Saturday July 28, 2018 @05:26PM (#17635145)

> A simple Google search for how Oracle extorted $150M USD from the State of Oregon and flat out lied to them about their implementation services should provide all you need to know about how Oracle treats its customers.

I did that simple Google search. I read that Oregon demanded to own the project coordinator role, with ultimate authority, and only hired Oracle for labor and machines, against Oracle's advice, and then failed to actually hire an individual to fill that role. Oracle's hands aren't clean here, but don't whitewash Oregon's obvious screw ups.

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Re:Tech companies can now bid on the Pentagon’s $10B cloud c... by anoncoward111 on Saturday July 28, 2018 @07:18PM (#17635560)

Oracle claimed to be providing a team of software engineers who were coding Oregon's state exchange. Oracle was much more than a vendor, it was a service provider.

Oracle executives flew out to Oregon 3 times, and on each occassion, made presentations that said the exchange was "72% done" and that if they would just wire them 53 million USD, everything would be done on time.

These were clear and deliberate lies, and as taxpayers, one should feel personally robbed by Oracle, regardless of the State of Oregon's overseeing the project.

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