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		known on Oct 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract The other day Bank of America saved $2 billion/year by rolling out their own cloud. Why isn't Pentagon saving tax payers money?

ThrowawayR2 on Oct 26, 2019 [–]

Because the Pentagon (and the rest of the federal government) can't match FAANG salaries so they don't get very many good engineers.

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