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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 23, 2019, 12:05:47 pm
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Microsoft Employees Are Demanding The Company Cancel Its HoloLens Contract With The US Army
“We did not sign up to develop weapons,†says an employee letter to Microsoft executives published Friday.
Caroline O'Donovan BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on February 22, 2019, at 8:36 p.m. ET
A group of Microsoft employees is circulating a letter among the company’s over 130,000-person staff demanding that executives cancel a $479 million contract with the US Army.
According to that contract, which first became public in November 2018, Microsoft’s augmented-reality HoloLens technology would be used to train soldiers for battle, which some employees feel is at odds with Microsoft’s mission.
“We are alarmed that Microsoft is working to provide weapons technology to the U.S. Military, helping one country's government ‘increase lethality’ using tools we built,†the employees wrote in copy of the letter shared with BuzzFeed News. “We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used.â€
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/microsoft-hololens-army (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/microsoft-hololens-army)
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Compare and contrast: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46848978/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/hedy-lamarr-hollywoods-secret-weapon-inventor/ (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46848978/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/hedy-lamarr-hollywoods-secret-weapon-inventor/)
Sheesh!
Pretty bad when Americans won't help America.
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I think these people should quit instead of demanding the company drop a lucrative contract, something they know won't happen. I f they really believe in their issue they should stop grandstanding and go to work for a company that fits their ideology.
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I think these people should quit instead of demanding the company drop a lucrative contract, something they know won't happen. I f they really believe in their issue they should stop grandstanding and go to work for a company that fits their ideology.
When you really look at what they said, about giving "one country" and advantage, not only does that reek of global socialism, but no connection to the USA. People with that expressed mentality could be the next Rosenbergs, negating any advantage for the US. Anyone working on the project should be vetted, and if they fail to obtain that clearance, shown the door and locked out. The ones doing the complaining should be summarily denied access.