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Microsoft to keep Pentagon bid amid ethics concerns

Microsoft to keep Pentagon bid amid ethics concerns

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-10-microsoft-pentagon-ethics.html

"Today the citizens in our military risk their lives not only as the country's first line of defense, but often as the nation's first line of assistance around the world in hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and other disasters."

The statement came two weeks after Google dropped out of the bidding for the huge Pentagon cloud computing contract that could be worth up to $10 billion. The company said the deal would be inconsistent with its principles, which left Amazon and Microsoft as two leading contenders.