The development follows complaints from the retail giant that the contract was awarded to Microsoft unfairly. It alleges that Donald Trump showed a clear and public bias against CEO Jeff Bezos, and highlights a report that he told his defense secretary to ‘screw’ AWS. In response to the announcement, Microsoft said it was disappointed by the delay but that it believes it will ultimately be able to continue its work. A Defense Department spokesperson said, “the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing DoD’s modernization strategy and deprived our warfighters of a set of capabilities they urgently need.” Meanwhile, some surprised legal experts say it’s unusual to halt work on the contract unless they see some merit in the case. Whatever the outcome, this will have caused quite the upset for Microsoft’s workers, who suddenly find everything in question.
