Ngaphezulu nje kwenyanga eyadlulayo iPentagon yanika iMicrosoft ikhontrakthi Izibonelelo zoKhuselo loShishino eziDibeneyo (JEDI, iindaba esabelana ngazo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva apha kwibhlog (ungayijonga Kule khonkco ilandelayo). Esi sivumelwano siza kugubungela onke amasebe oMkhosi wase-US. apho imeko yelifu esemgangathweni iyakwenziwa ngaphakathi kweSebe lezoKhuselo. Ikhontrakthi ye- $ 10 yezigidigidi kulindeleke ukuba ithathe ixesha leminyaka eli-10.
Iinkampani ezininzi zazibandakanyekile kwesi sivumelwano, apho iGoogle, iAmazon, iMicrosoft (ukukhankanya eyona yaziwayo) kwaye ekugqibeleni kwaphela ezandleni zikaMicrosoft, isigqibo esingakhange sibonakale kwezinye iinkampani kwaye sigxeka iAmazon.
Kwingxelo echaza ikhontrakthi kwiMicrosoftIcandelo loMphathiswa Wezokhuseleko lathi:
"Inkqubo yokufumana izinto yenziwa ngokuhambelana nemithetho nemigaqo yangoku." “Zonke (izithembiso) ziphathwe ngokufanelekileyo kwaye zavavanywa ngokungqinelana neekhrayitheriya zovavanyo ezichazwe kwisicelo sonikezelo.
Phambi kokunikezela ngembasa, isebe lithethe noMhloli-Jikelele weSebe lezoKhuselo, owazisa ngesigqibo sokuya phambili, ”wongeze watsho umphathiswa.
Le mvumelwano ibaluleke kakhulu kuba kusembindini weenzame zePentagon zokuphucula itekhnoloji yayo, kuba namhlanje uninzi lomkhosi lusebenzisa iinkqubo zekhompyuter ukusukela nge80s kunye ne90 kwaye isebe lezomkhosi lichithe iibhiliyoni zeedola ukuzama ukuzihlaziya.
Kodwa Isigqibo sokunika iJEDI iMicrosoft ngaphambi kokuba iAmazon imangaliswe ngaphezulu kwesinye. Kwelinye icala, i-AWS yathathelwa ingqalelo njengenkokeli ekudaleni iinkonzo zefu zeCentral Intelligence Agency kwaye okwesibini kuba iAmazon yayiqinisekisiwe kwelona nqanaba liphezulu lokhuseleko, ngelixa iMicrosoft yayisokola ukufumana ikhomputha yelifu.
Kufuneka ithathelwe ingqalelo ukuba inkqubo yokunikezela, eyahlala ixesha elide kunokuba bekulindelwe, nayo, ukongeza ekubeni ne-White House, kuba uninzi luya kwazi, uMongameli uTrump kudala wabonisa ubutshaba bakhe kuJeff Bezos., CEO yeAmazon.
IAmazon ithathe isigqibo sokumangalela iPentagon. Inkampani ityhola "ukungathandabuzeki" kwicala likarhulumente ekunikezeleni ikhontrakthi enkulu kwicandelo lobuchwepheshe bezomkhosi kuMicrosoft.
Kwingxelo epapashwe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, iyunithi yefu yeAmazon yathi:
"Kwimiba emininzi yenkqubo yovavanyo yeJEDI baneziphene, iimpazamo kunye nokucalula ngokucacileyo kwaye bekubalulekile ukulungisa le micimbi"
Inkampani ibhenele ekunikezelweni kwesivumelwano phambi kweNkundla yamaBango yaseMelika.
Isithethi seAmazon Web Services sitshilo ukuba le nkampani "inamava ngokukodwa kwaye iwufanelekele" umsebenzi, yongeza: "Sikwakholelwa ekubeni kubalulekile kwilizwe lethu ukuba urhulumente neenkokheli zakhe azinyulileyo baphathe ngendlela eyiyo ngaphandle kwefuthe lezopolitiko«.
NgoLwesihlanu, inkampani yabhena kwinkundla yomanyano (Inkundla yaseMelika yamabango e-Federal). Le nkundla inamagunya akhethekileyoUlawulo oluphambili lwenkundla liku-28 USC § 1491, eyaziwa ngokuba ngumThetho weTucker. Ngaphantsi kwalo mthetho kunye neminye imithetho epasiswe yiCongress, unokuba namabango amaninzi akhethekileyo kurhulumente womanyano, kubandakanya amabango eekhontrakthi, izibonelelo, amabango emivuzo yomkhosi, amabango omvuzo woluntu, amabango erhafu, amabango omonakalo wokugonya, kunye namabango welungelo elilodwa lomenzi.
"Ingxelo yalo mceli mngeni wokubhida inokuba nayo inolu lwazi lubuthathaka," yongeza ingcali.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, Unobhala Wezomkhosi wase-United States, UMark Esper, wale naluphina uluvo lokukhetha kwisigqibo sePentagon Ukunikezela ikhontrakthi kuMicrosoft emva kokuba iAmazon ibhengeze injongo yayo yokucela umngeni kwisigqibo enkundleni.
"Sikholelwa ekubeni iinyani ziyakubonisa ukuba (iSebe lezoKhuselo) liphumeze inkqubo eneenkcukacha, ebanzi nefanelekileyo ukubonisa ukuba iMicrosoft iyazifezekisa na iimfuno zomlwi," utshilo u-Microsoft kwingxelo.