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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by tablespoon on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:49PM (#27753384)
> Pithily paraphrased, "Those who would give up essential [self-sufficiency], to purchase a little temporary [efficiency], deserve neither".

From the Pentagon's perspective, they're probably meeting that with either AWS or Azure. They probably look at self-sufficiency as a national, not organizational thing. So long as the thing is built and located in the US and owned and operated by Americans, it means they're not giving up any self-sufficiency.

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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by Ericson2314 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:30PM (#27756383)
Certainly. But until we reign in the military as a portion of government spending, big military investments should have direct civilian benefits not civilian costs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Keynesianism (note the "Keynesianism" is somewhat tongue-in-cheek) does not cut it for the latter.
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