[HN Gopher] Jedi: We will continue to protest this politically c... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (aws.amazon.com) (TXT) w3m dump (aws.amazon.com) | 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] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-09-04 23:00 UTC)