Isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga esedlule iPentagon inikeze iMicrosoft inkontileka Ingqalasizinda Yezokuvikela Amabhizinisi (JEDI, izindaba esabelana ngazo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva lapha kubhulogi (ungazihlola Kulesi sixhumanisi esilandelayo). Le nkontileka izofaka wonke amagatsha e-US Army. lapho kuzokwakhiwa khona imvelo ejwayelekile ngaphakathi koMnyango Wezokuvikela. Inkontileka engu- $ 10 billion kulindeleke ukuthi ithathe iminyaka eyishumi.
Izinkampani eziningana zazibandakanyekile kulesi sivumelwano, lapho iGoogle, i-Amazon, iMicrosoft (ukusho nje okwaziwa kakhulu) nokuthi ekugcineni kwaphela ezandleni zeMicrosoft, isinqumo esingabonakali kwezinye izinkampani futhi esibuye sigxeke i-Amazon.
Esitatimendeni esichaza inkontileka ngeMicrosoft, uMnyango Wezokuvikela uthe:
"Uhlelo lokutholwa lwenziwe ngokulandela imithetho nemigomo yamanje." “Yonke (iminikelo) iphathwe ngokufanele futhi yahlolwa ngokuya ngemigomo yokuhlola ebekwe esicelweni sokunikezwa.
Ngaphambi kokukhipha lo mklomelo, umnyango wakhuluma noMhloli Jikelele woMnyango Wezokuvikela, owazisa isinqumo sokuqhubekela phambili, ”kwengeza uMnyango.
Le nkontileka ibaluleke kakhulu ngoba kusenhliziyweni yemizamo yePentagon yokwenza ubuchwepheshe bayo buhambisane nobuchwepheshe besimanje, ngoba namuhla iningi lamasosha lisebenzisa izinhlelo zamakhompiyutha kusukela ngawo-80s nango-90 kanti umnyango wezokuvikela ususebenzise izigidigidi zamadola uzama ukuwenza abe sesimanjemanje.
Kodwa Isinqumo sokunikeza i-JEDI iMicrosoft ngaphambi kokuthi i-Amazon isimangale ngaphezu kweyodwa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-AWS yathathwa njengomholi ekwakheni izinsizakalo zefu zeCentral Intelligence Agency futhi okwesibili ngoba i-Amazon yayiqinisekiswe ngezinga eliphakeme lokuphepha, ngenkathi iMicrosoft izabalaza ukuthola i-computing yamafu.
Kumele futhi kubhekwe ukuthi inqubo yokunikezwa, ehlala isikhathi eside kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe, futhi, ngaphezu kokuba nokungenelwa yiWhite House, njengoba abaningi bezokwazi, uMongameli uTrump kudala wakhombisa ubutha bakhe kuJeff Bezos., CEO ye-Amazon.
I-Amazon inqume ukumangalela iPentagon. Le nkampani isola "ukwenzelela okungangabazeki" ohlangothini lukahulumeni ngokunikeza inkontileka enkulu emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe bezempi kuMicrosoft.
Esitatimendeni esishicilelwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, uphiko lwamafu e-Amazon luthi:
"Ezimweni eziningi zenqubo yokuhlola i-JEDI anamaphutha asobala, amaphutha kanye nokuchema futhi bekubalulekile ukubhekana nalezi zinkinga"
Inkampani idlulisele phambili ukunikezwa kwenkontileka phambi kweNkantolo Yezimangalo Zase-US.
Okhulumela i-Amazon Web Services uthe nokuthi inkampani "ibinolwazi olunzulu futhi iwufanelekele" lo msebenzi, ingeze ngokuthi: "Sikholelwa futhi ukuthi kubalulekile ezweni lethu ukuthi uhulumeni kanye nabaholi bakhe abakhethiwe baphathe ngendlela efanele futhi ngaphandle kwethonya lezepolitiki".
NgoLwesihlanu, inkampani idlulise icala enkantolo yenhlangano (i-United States Court of Federal Claims). Le nkantolo inamandla akhethekileIgunya eliyinhloko lenkantolo liku-28 USC § 1491, eyaziwa njengeTucker Act. Ngaphansi kwalo mthetho neminye imithetho ephasiswe yiCongress, ungaba nezimangalo eziningi ezikhethekile ezibhekiswe kuhulumeni wesifundazwe, kufaka phakathi izimangalo zenkontileka, ukunikezwa, izimangalo zamaholo ezempi, izimangalo zomholo womphakathi, izimangalo zentela, izimangalo zokulimala komuthi wokugomela, kanye nezimangalo zobunikazi.
"Irekhodi lale nselelo yokubhida kungenzeka liqukethe imininingwane ebucayi kangaka," kungeza uchwepheshe.
Ngesonto eledlule, uNobhala Wezokuvikela wase-United States, UMark Esper, wenqabe noma yikuphi ukuphakanyiswa kwesinqumo sePentagon ukunikezela inkontileka kuMicrosoft ngemuva kokuthi i-Amazon imemezele inhloso yayo yokuphikisana nalesi sinqumo enkantolo.
"Sikholelwa ekutheni amaqiniso azokhombisa ukuthi (uMnyango Wezokuvikela) basebenzise inqubo eningiliziwe, ephelele futhi engenzeleli yokuthola ukuthi iMicrosoft iyazifeza yini izidingo zomlwi," kusho uMicrosoft esitatimendeni.