Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litigation

Re:Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litiga... by zigzaggy on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:29PM (#20421924)

Predictable result. I’ve never seen a protest go well for any company. You can win these protests and still lose the work.

The best case scenario is you win the protest and have to rebid the whole thing again. You’ll still probably end up losing. Now you walk away with more money spent, more exposure due to public court records, and a customer who’s pissed off.

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Re:Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litiga... by JumpCrisscross on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:36PM (#20422567)

> I’ve never seen a protest go well for any company

Went well for SpaceX, which won access to Air Force contracts through the courts. (It’s now re-litigating [1].)

In any case, this is commercial litigation. Not protesting per se.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-spacex-lawsuit/musk...

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Re:Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litiga... by jsperson on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:42PM (#20422628)

Probably the biggest one ever - Boeing successfully protested the awarding of the tanker contract to NG/Airbus [1]

[1] https://www.industryweek.com/public-policy/us-gao-upholds-bo...

edit: spelling

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Re:Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litiga... by oaiey on Saturday July 13, 2019 @03:46AM (#20427004)

Except that this was with politics and America first politics involved.

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Re:Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litiga... by metaphor on Saturday July 13, 2019 @04:58AM (#20427180)

> In any case, this is commercial litigation. Not protesting per se.

By this, what were you referring to?

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Re:Court rules against Oracle in Pentagon 'war cloud' litiga... by jdm2212 on Friday July 12, 2019 @11:07PM (#20426266)

Palantir protested the DCGS-A award successfully, then won the contract.

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