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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, Interesting) by Thexalon on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:07PM (3 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:07PM (#943786)

    Among his truly hardcore supporters, they've gotten to the point where they actually have a religious devotion to him, and firmly believe that he cannot do anything wrong under any circumstances.

    Which, incidentally, happens to be one of the signs somebody is the anti-Christ.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 15 2020, @10:34PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 15 2020, @10:34PM (#943810) Journal

    That observation has not escaped me. There is another term used in Thessalonians is "the lawless one".

    Trump openly bragged before the election that he was the ONLY one who could negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians. We will see. (Dan 9:27) Some people say this couldn't refer to Trump. Well if you believe it, then it must refer to someone at some time. Someone is going to sign that peace deal.

    And as far as someone who would enter the third Jewish temple and defile it, proclaiming himself to be above all others, who does that kind of bragging sound more like than Trump?

    Yet evangelical Christians are his most rabidly blind supporters. Wow.

    Just sayin'. Take it for whatever you think it's worth.

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    • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Wednesday January 15 2020, @10:55PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @10:55PM (#943817)

      If you want the full case, a "formerly fundie" writer lays it out: Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? [benjaminlcorey.com]

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @03:49PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 16 2020, @03:49PM (#944023)

      I'm fairly certain that my Evangelical Church is not.

      My mom's as well (story time):
      During children's sermon, the pastor asked if anyone knew what a king was. He then went on to ask in the US had a king. There was a rumble of restrained laughter, and the pastor said, we're not going to go into that...