Microsoft lands big contract from Army $478 Million

[bonkers325]

Microsoft won a $478 million, six-year contract to provide software to the U.S. Army, the biggest order ever for the company's programs. The agreement covers 494,000 desktop computers, Microsoft spokesman Keith Hodson said.

The Defense Department has questioned the security of Microsoft and rival products in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. One of the department's server computers was attacked in March using a flaw in Microsoft's Windows program. The contract shows the Army has decided that Microsoft's security is sufficient, said Rob Enderle, an analyst at Forrester Research.

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[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: bonkers325
Microsoft won a $478 million, six-year contract to provide software to the U.S. Army, the biggest order ever for the company's programs. The agreement covers 494,000 desktop computers, Microsoft spokesman Keith Hodson said.

The Defense Department has questioned the security of Microsoft and rival products in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. One of the department's server computers was attacked in March using a flaw in Microsoft's Windows program. The contract shows the Army has decided that Microsoft's security is sufficient, said Rob Enderle, an analyst at Forrester Research.

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Great, the Army trusts Microsoft's security?

 

[ThePresence]

They should get Mac's.

 

[Yzzim]

that's bonkers

 

[Queasy]

Gives a whoooole new meaning to the term 'Blue Screen of Death'!

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
They should get Mac's.

unless the US decides to quintuple the armys tech budget, not happening.

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
They should get Mac's.

mac's are for weenies 0_0

 

[Harabecw]

Ehh. Here the army uses its own private network to link thousands of computers, with no worldwide internet access except for a few.

 

[rh71]

Bah $478 million is chump change.

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: rh71
Bah $478 million is chump change.

i like the way you say that, maybe it should be all from your tax dollars

 

[Howard]

Well it would probably end up better than the Bose contract where the Army (or was it the Air Force) got shafted.