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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by mc32 on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:58PM (#31781054)
I don't think it's that. The government doesn't have an emporium to buy things from. Sometimes they have a real choice like between Amazon and Azure, but most of the time it's one vendor and a few far second place hopefuls.
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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by JumpCrisscross on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:03PM (#31782808)
> most of the time it's one vendor and a few far second place hopefuls

Sure. But having the appropriations committee pissed off at you can curtail the sorts of funds they give e.g. NASA, or the caveats they add to it.

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