Microsoft Hooked the government on their products with freebies. Could Elong Musk Starlink do the same?

Some weeks ago, my doris Burke Burke’s Birthday has sent me a new York history that gave you both dija vu.

The piece has reported This Starlink, Project Internet operated by the Evon MUSK, had, in the words of Trump Service Service “to improve internet connection and your cell.

Donation has hosted some ancient officers mentioned in the story. But it’s up to, we like the trump trump-was of a business maneuver procrants in that investigationWe focused on tracks between Microsoft and the Biden Administration. At the heart of the arrangements was something that most consumers understand intuitive: “Free” offers usually a capture.

Micosoft began to offer federal government “liber” actions in 2021, then President of Microsoft, Osten the Overmen, once the free trial that has accepted the offer and set the projects with a competitor to that point would be costly and ingestion.

Microsoft Microsoft employees told me the business offer was Akin to a druging driving entry with free monsters. “If we give you the cracy, and take the craccoa, you will like the crush”, one said. “And then when it comes time for us to take the crack, your final users say:” Don’t get away from me. ‘And you will be forced to pay me. ‘

What microsoft planned inward interior is really past. When free trials ended, federal government sati the update and start paying the higher caption, unlock millions with the future company

Microsoft said all agreements with the government was “substituted and full of Lights and will have a security purpose that were continued to German.”

But the experts on the government contract that the company’s maneuvers were legally tender. They surrounded the government procurement processing process, revolutional out of competition for lucrative federal feder and, to claim innovation in innovation in innovation.

After reading the time stories about the donation of the white house, I checked again with those experts.

“No matter if it was microsoft last year or starlink today or another company tomorrow,” he said Jessica TillipmanAssociate of Dean for government’s law studies at George Washington’s right school. “At any time you do this, it’s a door behind the competition of the competition that ensure that we have the best goods and services from the best sellers.”

Typically, in a competition offer process, the government proposes by the sellers for the goods and services he wants to buy. Those sellers get their government proposals, which is the best option the best option in terms of quality and cost. Giveaways circumvent that all the process.

Still, to hear the home secretary trade, Trump administration would not just nose a donations, but encourages through Washington.

Last month, during a appearance on Valicon Valley Podcast in all-in:, He failed their concept of a “free” which “give products in the government.” In the episode, a few days after the New York Times has posted his Starlink historia – a Lutnick said a only donor that requires you. “After, added:” You don’t need to sign the conflict form and all this thing because you are not going to go for government. Just give you government. I’m literally from yourself. Don’t look at anything. Do not take money. “

Since the Donald Trump President is in the legal, musk, which is classified special “, made a special government”, made a “employee” employees, has made a “employee”At no cost to the taxpayer“The household donation was just the last move. In the pile, directed to his Spacex Company to ship 4,000 terminalsin order not cost, to the Federal Air Administration for the installation of their Starlink Satellite Service.

During our Microsoft Investigation, Sale today in the Competition game the government of the government of the free-plentif. It is not to musk and starlink. Nor replenish to the requested questions.

The federal law is tempting to restrict the donation to government, in large part to keep their expenditure.

Although far as the 19th century, personal and executive and executive, without looking for a funding required by his comment, that was supposed to be the power of the burdere. Livers do not want the taxpayers to be on the hook to spend that congresses had not appropriate, may the anti-version, a version of any remains in the effect today. A restricted part “Volunteer Services” to keep a volunteer prospect then request government payment.

But in 1947, the Office of General Contactions (now called the government station), which offers the opinion on tax law, made an endography “in writing and in advance

Microsoft used this exemption to transfer consulting services to the value of $ 150 to their government customers, entering her grateful services. To give actual Coldersice products, the company provided existing federal customers with a “100% discount” for up to a year.

It is not clear if the agreement agreements of the Cratiary services were in place for Musk joints. The White House and Faa did not answer the written questions. No spacex. An official told the new york times The past month that a lawyer’s employer of ethics in the white board office had etced the donation of the Stellink to the White House.

For the experts the tender tongues, the written agreement can help the company with the letter of the law, but certainly not with the spirit. “Just because something is technically legal doesn’t make it well,” he said Eve loyalA lawyer who works for four decades as a federal government specialist.

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Tillipman agreed, saying the risk for the ballooning of the obligations is particularly pronounced when it comes to technology and she. Users become agents on a supplier, driving to “Shocking Sterm”, he said. It’s too early to say who’s Starlink donations, but Microsoft Wal White Tender provides a preview of what is possible. Online with his / her golic of the principle the highest tongue software larger continues to the world throughout the federal government.

A source of last year investigation recently called to catch. He told me, with the locked government in Microsoft, rivals continuously to close a federal contract opportunities. When I asked an example, shared a 2024 document from the records of defense systems, or dim, which sleeves to the Department of Defense. The document has qualified a “exception to the opportunity of a variety of new services, saying $ 5.2 billion” will be straight to Microsoft cornice. ‘

Justification? Change from Microsoft to another provider “result in additional time effort, cost, and performance impacts.” DISA did not answer the questions you submit.