[HN Gopher] Jedi: We will continue to protest this politically c...
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       Jedi: We will continue to protest this politically corrupted
       contract award
        
       Author : ENOTTY
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2020-09-04 21:59 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | perl4ever wrote:
       | >This begs the question, what do they have to hide?
       | 
       | I was on board until this.
        
       | jsnell wrote:
       | So what exactly is Amazon claiming? That Microsoft didn't
       | actually meet the RFP conditions? That Microsoft was given the
       | contract despite a higher price? That Amazon should have been
       | granted the contract despite a higher price and both providers
       | meeting the requirements, since AWS deserves it due to some
       | unquantifiable market leader je ne sais quoi?
        
         | HenryKissinger wrote:
         | This reflects poorly on Amazon. Contesting the initial award is
         | one thing. Continuing their protests after a year of legal
         | proceedings ended in favor of their competitor demonstrates a
         | sense of entitlement.
        
       | Cyphase wrote:
       | > by AWS Public Sector Blog Team
       | 
       | I think this probably came down from a few levels higher up the
       | corporate ladder than that..
        
       | kpmcc wrote:
       | This is hilarious. Amazon: "How can you choose MICROSOFT?! We're
       | the best" DoD: "Uh, sure, but we like Microsoft." Zon: "BUT WE'RE
       | THE BEST. DONT YOU UNDERSTAND" DoD: "Uh, no" Zon: "BUT, BUT, BUT
       | THAT'S NOT FAIR" DoD: "Tough."
        
       | mark_l_watson wrote:
       | When I was young I worked in the defense industry. If I remember
       | correctly, pushing back hard when not winning a contract was not
       | done. I can't imagine how much this would sour future contracts
       | and future negotiations.
       | 
       | I admit a little bias since I preferred Microsoft winning this
       | contract. I am a very happy Amazon and Google customer, but as a
       | taxpayer I felt better about Microsoft winning this. This is just
       | an opinion that admittedly is not based on any expertise in
       | government procurement of cloud services.
        
         | op00to wrote:
         | Why is Microsoft better for taxpayers?
        
       | padraic7a wrote:
       | Hands up who else is thinking "last days of the Empire"?
        
       | blaisio wrote:
       | I think this is meant to try and make it more of a political
       | issue. Of course the problem is I don't think most regular people
       | care at all if Microsoft or Amazon get the contract. Actually
       | many regular people would probably prefer nobody get the
       | contract.
       | 
       | In other words, this comes across as a hail mary.
       | 
       | To be fair, Trump probably did cause the contract to go to
       | Microsoft.
        
       | stefan_ wrote:
       | Amazon casting its vote early in this election
        
       | Danieru wrote:
       | "We currupted the selection criteria fair and square! How dare
       | such a currupt contract get awarded to someone else."
       | 
       | Signed your indie neighborhood Amazon.
        
         | themacguffinman wrote:
         | Is there any evidence at all that Amazon initially corrupted
         | the contract?
        
           | HenryKissinger wrote:
           | Amazon's complaint actually is that Trump corrupted the
           | acquisition process in favor of Microsoft.
        
       | Zaheer wrote:
       | >There is a recurring pattern to the way President Trump behaves
       | when he's called out for doing something egregious: first he
       | denies doing it, then he looks for ways to push it off to the
       | side, to distract attention from it and delay efforts to
       | investigate it (so people get bored and forget about it).
       | 
       | Regardless of what you think about Amazon, this sentence alone is
       | incredible.
        
         | skinnymuch wrote:
         | This has been repeated many, many times.
        
         | MattGaiser wrote:
         | Amazon must be quite sure of the polls.
        
           | jedberg wrote:
           | It doesn't matter to them who wins the next election. If
           | Trump stays in office they aren't getting contracts anyway,
           | because of Jeff Bezos and his ownership of the WaPo.
        
       | nsajko wrote:
       | A little context:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infra...
        
       | themacguffinman wrote:
       | Perhaps a bit off topic but "Jedi" in the title should be
       | uppercased to emphasize that it's an acronym.
        
         | [deleted]
        
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