

It did so by providing development tools, training, access to proprietary APIs in early versions, and partner programs. Vendor lock-in įrom its inception, Microsoft defined itself as a platform company and understood the importance of attracting third-party programmers. In February 2019, some of Microsoft employees protested the company's war profiteering from a $480 million contract to develop augmented reality headsets for the United States Army. government on any projects related to separating children from their families at the border."

Microsoft has stated it "is not working with the U.S. He went on to say the company is "proud to support" the work of ICE. Microsoft's relationship with the immigration enforcement agency was revealed by executive Tom Keane, through a company blog post that describes ICE's use of the company's high-security cloud storage product Azure Government.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The action was in response to Microsoft's $19.4 million contract with U.S. On September 14, 2019, Microsoft's flagship store was shut down by protestors as part of a direct action organized by Close the Camps NYC.
