Microsoft Wins Homeland Security Contract

syzme writes "According to The Register (as well as Reuters and News.com), 'The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a deal for Microsoft software worth something in the region of $100 million, covering servers and over 140,000 desktops. This does not however mean that Microsoft and its hench-OEM Dell are poised to hoover up all of the Department's lovely IT budget, nor indeed that this is all new money for them; largely, it seems to be more a case of Microsoft holding onto business it's already got.'" This shouldn't be much of a surprise -- remember the Federal government is already Microsoft's biggest customer.

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Outgoing Whitehouse Press Secretary Ari Fleischer's replacement has been selected. Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, who was previously the Iraqi Information Minister, was handpicked by President George Bush after minimal deliberation.

Mr. al-Sahaf was quoted as saying, "The glorious Bush administration will utterly defeat and destroy the terrorists wherever they may hide. The perpetrators of Evil cannot stand against the brilliant light of the excellent, most worthy President Bush. Only fools, cowards, and terrorists would dare to speak out against his splendid agenda of creating a formidable government agency charged with investigating American citizens to determine their potentially wicked motives. And what better company than the gracious, innovative Microsoft Corporation to help this agency carry out its noble mission?"