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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by hx8 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @01:01PM (#45076162)
How much money have states and local governments spent on Microsoft products and services? How much money has Microsoft collected from companies that are providing products and services to US governmental agencies?

Government spending is not easy to track. This doesn't even begin to touch on non-monetary benefits Microsoft receives with government influence.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by howdyhowdy123 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @11:17PM (#45080066)
Now you are really starting to bend over backwards. The claim was that MS was a state enterprise. It's still not even close.
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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by hx8 on Sunday August 31, 2025 @06:32PM (#45087691)
I'm mostly adding context to the statistic that Microsoft makes 0.21% of its revenue from the federal government, and arguing against the sub-claim that government spending is easy to track.
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