Microsoft’s Windows 8 Lifted by $617 Million Defense Deal
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Microsoft Corp. won a $617 million contract with the U.S. Defense Department to provide its latest software, including the Windows 8 operating system.
The three-year agreement announced yesterday by the world’s largest software maker covers 1.5 million of the Pentagon’s computers. The deal gives the Army, Air Force and Defense Information Systems Agency access to the latest versions of Windows 8 and programs such as Microsoft Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013, a file-sharing platform.