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That letter from Microsoft employees arguing the company shouldn’t supply HoloLens technology to the US military was written in vain, as Satya Nadella has confirmed the $480M contract will go ahead as planned. The CEO told CNN the following during an interview at Mobile World Congress: "We made a principled decision that we're not going to withhold technology from institutions that we have elected in democracies to protect the freedoms we enjoy. We were very transparent about that decision and we'll continue to have that dialogue [with employees].”
[Brad Smith, the company's president and chief legal officer] wrote in a blog post published last year on Microsoft's website that the company would help employees who didn't want to work on specific projects to switch to another part of the business. But he said the company would continue its "longstanding support" for the US Defense Department. "All of us who live in this country depend on its strong defense," he wrote in the blog. "The people who serve in our military work for an institution with a vital role and critical history."
[Brad Smith, the company's president and chief legal officer] wrote in a blog post published last year on Microsoft's website that the company would help employees who didn't want to work on specific projects to switch to another part of the business. But he said the company would continue its "longstanding support" for the US Defense Department. "All of us who live in this country depend on its strong defense," he wrote in the blog. "The people who serve in our military work for an institution with a vital role and critical history."