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The government has used Big Tech forever. Oracle, Microsoft, Apple products have been used by NSA+CIA for about as long as those companies have had products. Ye
by zip1234 6y ago
The government has used Big Tech forever. Oracle, Microsoft, Apple products have been used by NSA+CIA for about as long as those companies have had products. Yes, those companies sell to the government. They want to make money and the government has money.
- ethbr0 6y agoObligatory link to Steve Blank's recounting of SV's early days (1950-1980). https://steveblank.com/2009/04/20/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-v-happy-100th-birthday-silicon-valley/ https://steveblank.com/2009/04/20/the-secret-history-of-sili... https://steveblank.com/2009/04/06/story-behind-%E2%80%9Cthe-secret-history%E2%80%9D-part-iii-the-most-important-company-you-never-heard-of/ https://steveblank.com/2009/04/06/story-behind-%E2%80%9Cthe-... https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
- trenchgun 6y agoYep, and IBM helped nazis to run their concentration camps. Technology is power.
- unionpivo 6y agoThere is a difference between selling your product to government and working with government. I am pretty sure USA government buy's plenty of stuff from Chinese companies like everbody else does. Doesn't mean Chinese companies are working with it.