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The Pentagon has canceled the $10B JEDI cloud contract that was awarded to Microsoft but faced legal challenges from Amazon, announced new multivendor contract

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  • @fxshaw Frank X. Shaw on x
    One contract has never, and will never, define our relationship with the DoD or any customer. Our decades-long partnership with the DoD will continue, & we stand ready to support the men and women in uniform as they address national security needs. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ..…
  • @dmccabe David McCabe on x
    The real JEDI contract was the lobbying retainers we signed along the way. https://twitter.com/...
  • @tonyajoriley Tonya Riley on x
    I'm calling JEDI and the TikTok ban as the two biggest wastes of tech reporters' time in the past 2+ years https://twitter.com/...
  • @kateconger O...K on x
    quite a lesson in how to get one's way https://twitter.com/...
  • @jackclarksf Jack Clark on x
    China: Gov collaborates w/tech cos to build national infrastructure; uses this to achieve ideological & geopolitical goals. USA: Gov gives contract for next-gen defense infra to private company in 2019, other companies sue; gov nixes contract 2021. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @pradeepviswav @pradeepviswav on x
    The delay caused by lawsuits is going to help Microsoft. Right now, @Microsoft is in much better position to compete against AWS when compared to 2019. https://twitter.com/...
  • @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x
    that was a lot of fuss, mud-slinging and expensive lobbying for nothing in the end via @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    One of the grand paradoxes of tech is that the statement below is one that would lead to leaks about employee discontent if made by Google but is a mundane & expected statement by Microsoft. This shows the importance of setting expectations about your culture & values with staff …
  • @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x
    Happy first day, Andy Jassy! https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @mhbergen Mark Bergen on x
    “Sherman said that he will be reaching out to Oracle, IBM and Alphabet Inc.'s Google to outline the new plan.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @dmccabe David McCabe on x
    But seriously: So much corporate time and money was spent fighting over this thing for years. And now it's just ... cancelled.
  • @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x
    Just a boring first week as CEO for Andy Jassy. https://twitter.com/...
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    Pentagon decides it doesn't need to spend $10 billion upgrading its systems versus deal with the optics of Microsoft being handed a lucrative defense contract over AWS due to a personal vendetta by previous admin. Wonder what happens to all the bonuses? https://www.cnbc.com/...