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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by ARandomerDude on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:13PM (#27751444)
"Star Wars" was actually not the name of the program, it was a derogatory nickname coined by Ted Kennedy, akin to calling the ACA "Obamacare." [1] The formal name of the program was "Strategic Defense Initiative," or "SDI."

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative#C...

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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:15PM (#27751466)
You have me there, thank you for the correction.
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by jedberg on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:34PM (#27751729)
Not to mention that defense program got the nickname Star Wars after Lucas released the movie.
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by SahAssar on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:26PM (#27752437)
Star Wars was released 6 years before SDI was created, so I don't see how it would be any other way?
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by jedberg on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:30PM (#27752489)
Exactly.
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