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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://shitposter.world/objects/9fa507f4-092b-47bf-be17-f16abf4df0c8">Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 02:14:13 JST</a><a href="https://shitposter.world/users/sun" title="sun@shitposter.world"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/252828-48-20241120000901.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Sick Sun" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Sick Sun</a><div><a href="https://poa.st/objects/dacd7b2f-bcad-41f7-a0bf-821f310ba145" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><a href="https://poa.st/users/Aether">@Aether</a> low cost STILL usually is the selection criteria, because if the government office accepts a higher bid they will get protests and legal challenges from the losers, and attacks from the GAO:<br><br><a href="https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/240163382/amazon-wins-600-million-cia-cloud-deal-as-ibm-withdraws-protest">https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/240163382/amazon-wins-600-million-cia-cloud-deal-as-ibm-withdraws-protest</a><br><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon-blasts-gao-and-ibm-over-600-million-cia-contract/">https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon-blasts-gao-and-ibm-over-600-million-cia-contract/</a><br><a href="https://www.defencetalk.com/cia-faulted-for-choosing-amazon-over-ibm-on-cloud-contract-48203/">https://www.defencetalk.com/cia-faulted-for-choosing-amazon-over-ibm-on-cloud-contract-48203/</a></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3422673#notice-6730068">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-07-25T02:14:13+09:00" title="Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 02:14:13 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://shitposter.world/objects/9fa507f4-092b-47bf-be17-f16abf4df0c8" rel="external" title="Sent from shitposter.world via ActivityPub">shitposter.world</a></span></span><a href="https://shitposter.world/objects/9fa507f4-092b-47bf-be17-f16abf4df0c8">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2950763">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><a href="https://media.shitposter.world/shitposter.club/78e079405166a58d43c6948249ed3e61d4ffd74cbd4864fd996ef58cda6dc910.png?name=hFVkTlsNAnW1vw.png" rel="external">https://media.shitposter.world/shitposter.club/78e079405166a58d43c6948249ed3e61d4ffd74cbd4864fd996ef58cda6dc910.png?name=hFVkTlsNAnW1vw.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.crn.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/240163382/amazon-wins-600-million-cia-cloud-deal-as-ibm-withdraws-protest">Amazon Wins $600 Million CIA Cloud Deal As IBM Withdraws Protest | CRN</a></h5><div> from <span>Kevin McLaughlin</span></div></header><div>IBM and Amazon's eight-month legal tussle over a 10-year, $600 million cloud contract is now over, after IBM drops its appeal in response to government concerns about further delays.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2950770">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.defencetalk.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.defencetalk.com/cia-faulted-for-choosing-amazon-over-ibm-on-cloud-contract-48203/">CIA faulted for choosing Amazon over IBM on cloud contract</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.facebook.com/defencetalk/</span></div></header><div>The CIA selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a government report. IBM protested the CIA's decision to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, which sided with IBM…</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 02:14:13 JSTSick Sun
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@Aether low cost STILL usually is the selection criteria, because if the government office accepts a higher bid they will get protests and legal challenges from the losers, and attacks from the GAO:

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/240163382/amazon-wins-600-million-cia-cloud-deal-as-ibm-withdraws-protest
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon-blasts-gao-and-ibm-over-600-million-cia-contract/
https://www.defencetalk.com/cia-faulted-for-choosing-amazon-over-ibm-on-cloud-contract-48203/
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  Amazon Wins $600 Million CIA Cloud Deal As IBM Withdraws Protest | CRN
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  IBM and Amazon's eight-month legal tussle over a 10-year, $600 million cloud contract is now over, after IBM drops its appeal in response to government concerns about further delays.
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  The CIA selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a government report. IBM protested the CIA's decision to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, which sided with IBM…

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