>I'd rather it be Google than Northrop. So would many of us here, but not Google itself. It is just terrible PR for any company that wants a decent public ima

>I'd rather it be Google than Northrop. So would many of us here, but not Google itself. It is just terrible PR for any company that wants a decent public image. It is one thing to get grilled by senators, but entirely another for your average user to start believing you’re part of a war-machine, and thus something to be avoided. And the bulk of Google/Amazon’s profits come (directly/indirectly) from B2C markets, which makes their image/brand-value a significant intangible asset that cannot be compromised. Contractors don’t have this quandary.