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Hows it any different from every other single provider contract ever? Everything's in an IBM DC (or three), they fuck something up? It's down.

• partiallypro 8y ago
  Because in this case it relates to national security and if the provider goes down the US is potentially at more risk than it would have been if it had multi-vendor fail overs. I can understand it not being justified for some government programs or companies due to expense or impracticality, but the DoD has a massive budget and a huge pool of resources. Not having multi-vendor fail overs just seems irresponsible given the stakes.
  • deadbunny 8y ago
    Basically every mil contract is single provider. Doesn't matter who the provider.
    • partiallypro 8y ago
      Having a single provider of Lockheed for 1 jet is different than an entire infrastructure that can fail.