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posted by martyb on Wednesday January 15 2020, @12:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the deep-pockets dept.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/amazon-asks-court-to-block-microsofts-10b-contract-with-us-defense-dept/:

Amazon is seeking a court order that would prevent Microsoft from doing work for the US Department of Defense under a contract that Amazon says was awarded improperly.

[...] Amazon alleges that the president "launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks to steer the JEDI Contract away from AWS [Amazon Web Services] to harm his perceived political enemy—Jeffrey P. Bezos," the founder and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post.

Amazon and the US have agreed to an expedited briefing schedule, in part to consider a motion for a restraining order or preliminary injunction that Amazon intends to file. A joint status report filed in court yesterday by Amazon, the US government, and Microsoft described what's happening next in the case:

AWS intends to file a motion for temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction to prevent the issuance of substantive task orders under the contract, which the United States has previously advised AWS and the Court will begin on February 11, 2020, given the United States' consistent position that the services to be procured under the Contract are urgently needed in support of national security. The parties have agreed to an expedited briefing schedule on the issue of preliminary injunctive relief, and respectfully request that the Court expedite consideration of the issue, as described below.

[...] both the US and Microsoft "intend to file partial motions to dismiss" the case, the status report said.

[...] The status report also says that the US government "does not intend to file an answer to AWS's complaint." Instead, "the parties will file cross-motions for judgment on the administrative record."

[...] Trump "escalated his intervention, jettisoning any appearance of impartiality by making clear to DoD (and to the world) that he did not want AWS to get the JEDI Contract," the lawsuit said.

Is it wrong to root for Microsoft to win?


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by DannyB on Wednesday January 15 2020, @03:39PM (4 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 15 2020, @03:39PM (#943621) Journal

    Whatever happened to rooting for the best service at the lowest price

    Didn't you read what I said? I'm all for rooting for best service at the lowest price. It seems apparent that Microsoft would have lost that competition, had it not been that Trump hates Bezos for personal petty vindictive triggered reasons.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday January 15 2020, @04:41PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @04:41PM (#943661) Journal

    Remember when the government picking winners and losers was a bad thing?

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 15 2020, @04:49PM (2 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 15 2020, @04:49PM (#943667) Journal

      The rules are different for Trump.

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      • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 15 2020, @07:08PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 15 2020, @07:08PM (#943711)

        You lost me when you used "rules" and "Trump" in the same sentence.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @03:44PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @03:44PM (#944018)

          Sorry, Trump feels that rules do not apply to him.