{"id":18546,"date":"2020-05-09T01:50:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/microsoft-and-aws-exchange-poisoned-pen-blog-posts-in-latest-pentagon-jedi-contract-spat.html"},"modified":"2020-05-09T01:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:50:53","slug":"microsoft-and-aws-exchange-poisoned-pen-blog-posts-in-latest-pentagon-jedi-contract-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/microsoft-and-aws-exchange-poisoned-pen-blog-posts-in-latest-pentagon-jedi-contract-spat.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft<\/a> and Amazon<\/a> are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their ongoing spat over the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract<\/a> spoils.<\/p>\n

As you may recall (or not), last fall in a surprise move, the DoD selected Microsoft<\/a> as the winning vendor in the JEDI winner-take-all cloud infrastructure sweepstakes. The presumed winner was always AWS, but when the answer finally came down, it was not them.<\/p>\n

To make a very long story short, AWS took exception to the decision and went to court to fight it<\/a>. Later it was granted a stay<\/a> of JEDI activities between Microsoft and the DoD, which as you can imagine did not please Microsoft <\/a>. Since then, the two companies have been battling in PR pronouncements and blog posts trying to get the upper hand in the war for public opinion.<\/p>\n

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Judge temporarily halts work on JEDI contract until court can hear AWS protest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That fight took a hard turn this week when the two companies really went at it in dueling blog posts after Amazon <\/a> filed its latest protest.<\/p>\n

First there was Microsoft with PR exec Frank Shaw<\/a> taking exception to AWS\u2019s machinations, claiming the company just wants a do-over:<\/p>\n

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This latest filing \u2013 filed with the DoD this time \u2013 is another example of Amazon trying to bog down JEDI in complaints, litigation and other delays designed to force a do-over to rescue its failed bid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Amazon\u2019s Drew Herdner countered in a blog post published<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n

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Recently, Microsoft has published multiple self-righteous and pontificating blog posts that amount to nothing more than misleading noise intended to distract those following the protest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The bottom line is that Microsoft believes it won the contract fair and square with a more competitive bid, while Amazon believes it should have won on technical superiority, and that there was political interference from the president because he doesn\u2019t like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, <\/a> who also owns the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been following this story from the beginning (as I have), you know it has taken a series of twists and turns. It\u2019s had lawsuits, complaints, drama and intrigue. The president has inserted himself into it, too. There have been accusations of conflicts of interest. There have been investigations, lawsuits and more investigations.<\/p>\n

Government procurement tends to be pretty bland, but from the start when the DoD chose to use the cutesy Star Wars-driven acronym for this project, it has been anything but. Now it\u2019s come down to two of the world\u2019s largest tech companies exchanging angry blog posts. Sooner or later this is going to end right?<\/p>\n

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DoD Inspector General report finds everything was basically hunky-dory with JEDI cloud contract bid<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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