That's true; looking at it terms of supporting industry-wide infrastructure it does seem more sensible than throwing everything behind one vendor. Edit: Commen

That's true; looking at it terms of supporting industry-wide infrastructure it does seem more sensible than throwing everything behind one vendor. Edit: Comment 8326972 by terravion also suggests picking a single winner wasn't an option, which I wasn't aware of, aside from the issue of the relative award magnitudes.