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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 19 2018, @06:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the oooh-look-shiny dept.

Several sites are reporting, without reference to IBM's activities 70 years ago, that Microsoft's contact with ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is drawing fire online. The Computer Business Review includes a quote from Microsoft now missing from their press release:

"ICE's decision to accelerate IT modernization using Azure Government will help them innovate faster while reducing the burden of legacy IT. The agency is currently implementing transformative technologies for homeland security and public safety, and we're proud to support this work with our mission-critical cloud," he wrote.

KUOW radio writes on their web site that Microsoft is facing outrage their for blog post touting ICE contract:

As outrage grew online, a Microsoft employee quietly removed mention of ICE from the January press release this morning. Social media users noticed that, too. The company has since restored the press release's original language, and called its removal a "mistake."

After a little bit of conference swag gets handed out and a few advertising contracts^W^Wscholarships get handed out, this will all blow over and be forgotten.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 19 2018, @07:21PM (5 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday June 19 2018, @07:21PM (#695227)

    The internet never forgets.

    The Internet never forgets, but people do all the time, and that insulates the company from damage when they do something they shouldn't have.

    As a simple example, there was a ton of outrage about United Airlines dragging a doctor off a plane in April of last year. Lots of people were saying things like "I'm going to boycott United Airlines!" But do you know what that did to United's revenue the next quarter? Approximately nothing. And I'm guessing you had forgotten about that incident until I brought it up, and as a result that wouldn't have affected whether you bought a ticket to fly with them.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Tuesday June 19 2018, @09:20PM (1 child)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Tuesday June 19 2018, @09:20PM (#695298)

    That because for a lot of people, if they want to fly they either grow wings or fly United.

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    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 19 2018, @09:51PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday June 19 2018, @09:51PM (#695311)

      Or, instead of flying, they get to where they're going via train, bus, or car. Or they get to an airport that another airline flies out of via train, bus, or car. It's not like flying is the only way to get from point A to point B.

      Yes, doing that might cost time and/or otherwise be a pain in the tuchas, but that's the kind of thing you do if you really want to boycott somebody. During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, most of the participants replaced riding the buses with walking for miles to get around town.

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday June 19 2018, @09:58PM

    by edIII (791) on Tuesday June 19 2018, @09:58PM (#695318)

    Some people don't forget. I haven't, but I also haven't had any opportunity whatsoever to use their services. I live in the Southwest United States, and unsurprisingly, Southwest Airlines is about the only airline for me. Spirit can come in cheaper, but once you add bag costs and some water to drink on the plane, you're right back at Southwest's prices.

    That being said, ever since the TSA went all ball-gropey I've refused many opportunities for travel. Instead I opt for trips using a train, or just a good ol' fashion road trip.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by NewNic on Tuesday June 19 2018, @10:11PM

    by NewNic (6420) on Tuesday June 19 2018, @10:11PM (#695320) Journal

    Personally, I boycott United. But I have done so for a long time because of their shitty service.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:13PM (#695353)

    I know, right?

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