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Yeah I'm aware of how this goes down: in addition to what you say, government management types get their beds feathered by working for the for-profit companies
by scottlocklin 7y ago
Yeah I'm aware of how this goes down: in addition to what you say, government management types get their beds feathered by working for the for-profit companies they contract the work to after they "retire" (aka everyone involved in F35 procurement ends up working at Lockheed; total coincidence I am sure). Yet, somehow the NSA manages to run their own data centers[1]. It even looks kind of cost effective!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
- rtkwe 7y agoPart of that may have been the times. That project started construction back in 2011 which means it was in planning for a while before that. The cloud vs on-premises debate was at a different state back then iirc. Also it's for NSA's questionably legal spying on US citizens vs the more standard legality of DoD's work.