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Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

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189 points rntn | 7 comments | 02 Sep 25 17:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
1. datadrivenangel ◴[02 Sep 25 19:07 UTC] No.45107620[source]▶
Too big to fail sets us all up for failure.
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2. belter ◴[02 Sep 25 19:55 UTC] No.45108205[source]▶
Microsoft is the new Boeing.
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3. IAmBroom ◴[02 Sep 25 20:47 UTC] No.45108819[source]▶
Boeing isn't "too big to fail". That was used to describe the big banks at the middle of the Great Recession.

Boeing is "the only game in town". All other big-aircraft manufacturers are foreign.

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4. behringer ◴[02 Sep 25 21:30 UTC] No.45109311{3}[source]▶
sounds like a great reason to break them up
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5. themafia ◴[02 Sep 25 21:33 UTC] No.45109355{3}[source]▶
Being the "only game in town" grants them special status as a US defense contractor given that many agencies are required to source their materiel domestically.

So, to me, the "too big to fail" set absolutely includes "only game in town." It's really just a special case of it.

6. anonymousiam ◴[03 Sep 25 02:16 UTC] No.45111601{4}[source]▶
Leave Boeing alone. The way they're going, they'll break themselves up eventually.
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7. immibis ◴[03 Sep 25 10:45 UTC] No.45114250{5}[source]▶
As Boeings tend to do.