Pentagon names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B cloud contract finalists

Re:Pentagon names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B cloud contrac... by intern4tional on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:33AM (#19635617)

Microsoft employees are not like Googlers. There was a protest letter that was passed around and I think it got more ex-MSFT than actual employees to sign it.

I suspect a few people from both companies will complain but it won't be enough to dictate change. MSFT employees complained about the company working with ICE and while that did get a response, it didn't get the contract canceled.

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Re:Pentagon names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B cloud contrac... by cc81 on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:00PM (#19638541)

I think there is a big difference as well to work on something generic that the military happens to use as well like a database or truck compared to building something which is mainly part of a weapon. Luke a drone targeting system or a truck mounted AA gun.

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Re:Pentagon names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B cloud contrac... by _cs2017_ on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:14PM (#19636809)

Do you think the hiring process at Microsoft somehow selects fewer people with strong political views?

Or perhaps the employees are the same, but the corporate executives and culture encourages or discouraged certain behaviors?

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Re:Pentagon names Microsoft and Amazon as $10B cloud contrac... by president on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:47PM (#19637880)

Google is wired to have more "activist" type people. I don't think Microsoft has that type of culture based on the people that I have spoken to that work there, though I'm sure they exist.

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