Why was Amazon heading to court to challenge the US Department of Defense's decision to award its $10bn winner-takes-all JEDI IT project to Microsoft rather than to, well, AWS?
“We’re in the middle of an act of litigation so there’s a limited amount I can say about it, but … we feel pretty strongly that it was not adjudicated fairly,” said Jassy. “If you do a truly objective and detailed apples to apples comparison of the platforms you don’t end up in the spot where that decision was made.
“Most of our customers tell us that we’re a couple of years ahead both with regard to functionality and maturity. I think we ended up with a situation where there was significant political interference.” Jassy claimed that having “a sitting president who’s willing to share openly his disdain for a company,” namely the Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon, makes it “really difficult for government agencies including the DoD to make an objective decision without fear of reprisal.”
Bezos also owns The Washington Post, which has drawn Trump's ire in the past, as well as Amazon.
Does Jassy have a point or is this just sour grapes?
(Score: 3, Disagree) by Username on Wednesday December 11 2019, @01:15AM (3 children)
Even if he does, I dont see the problem. Would you hire on someone who is known to hate you and is willing to do anything to obstruct you when there is another candidate available? Seems an absolutely reasonable decision.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 11 2019, @02:21AM (2 children)
Point of order: Bezos apparently doesn't much care for Trump. That is quite a big difference from not liking the US DoD. Or are you one of those cult-worshiping Trump supporters that think Trump and the government are one and the same?
(Score: 2) by Username on Thursday December 12 2019, @01:31AM (1 child)
Trump is the commander and chief of the DoD. So, yes, I do think they currently are one and the same.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 12 2019, @04:03AM
No, they are not, dumbass! Those of us who work for DoD, both military and civilian, swear an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. We don't swear any oath to the guy in the oval office, no matter which party he belongs to. Next time, educate yourself before spewing such nonsense.