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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.
This shouldn't be much of a surprise -- remember the Federal government is already Microsoft's biggest customer.
what would be the surprise? did MS do anything illegal here? or are they doing what companies do for fun; MAKING MONEY?
please stop looking at everything microsoft does as immoral - they are a company, their purpose is to make money.
So much for Homeland "Security".
Well done.
why run from Vincenzo?
from this article.
;)
Homeland Security says the advantages include a reduction in the costs associated with deployment, implementation, and maintenance, while providing for a more standard desktop environment. In addition, the department says, the agreement provides it with a common E-mail app.
Oh boy! 140,000 carbon-copy XP boxes running Outlook! That's a huge, free server-farm for anyone that cracks it...
Given Microsoft's record of continual failure with regards to security, I've always thought putting MS in charge of security
RTFA.
This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, "putting MS in charge of security".
A significant number of people who work for Homeland Security will have Windows operating systems on their desktops and file servers. The same is true in virtually every large organization in the world.