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Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-not-pass-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Late last week, Google sued the US government for putting out a Request For Quotation for the messaging needs of the Department of the Interior that specified only Microsoft solutions would be considered. Google apparently had spent plenty of time talking to DOI officials to understand their needs and make sure they had a solution ready to go — and were promised that there wasn't a deal already in place with Microsoft. And then the RFQ came out. Google protested, but the protest was dismissed, with the claim that Google was 'not an interested party.'"

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  1. Why put out a request... by omnibit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If only one company was going to be considered?

    1. Re:Why put out a request... by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Of course he didn't, that's why he made the idiotic comment.

      Duh. ;)

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  2. Re:Eheh by joelleo · · Score: 1, Redundant

    How was the parent's post Insightful?? He added nothing to the discussion and whitewashed the whole thing as "not the solution to anything." Seems a rather blunt and ignorant statement.

    Why is it not the solution to anything? What makes it inferior to the other options out there? What other options ARE there that perform the same functions?

    Insightful != Agree

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  3. Re:Isn't that illegal? by BradleyUffner · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It defeats the whole purpose of a bidding system to state that only one company will be considered for bidding. I might be wrong here but I'm pretty sure that's illegal. Which is probably why they are suing.

    But that's not whats happening. ANY vendor can bid on this contract. Google could bid on it they had a solution that involved Microsoft Software. As far as I can tell, Microsoft hasn't even bid on this.