Monday, February 1, 2016

Controversy around the Microsoft software for primary … – The Digital Factory

 Microsoft enters the primary campaign for the nomination of candidates for the US presidential election. Officially not to support one candidate or another, but to bring its technology helps the smooth running of the operation.

 

  selfless contribution?

 The Redmond giant offers free two apps, one for the Republican Party, the other for the Democratic Party, to facilitate their teams on the ground reporting of the results to the headquarters of their parties. The system has to prove during the Iowa caucuses, on the evening of 1 st in February 2016. Microsoft’s goal seems disinterested offer of cloud technology to avoid reporting errors, sources of disputes.

 

 This solution replaces the telephone system used in 2008 and 2012 to report the results via the telephone keypad. A trial system exceeded especially prone to errors. With the app, the goal is to avoid the results challenge problems. For if in the Republican Party, Donald Trump is given heavy favorite with 28% of the vote in Iowa, against 23% for his main rival Ted Cruz, the result will be a close in the Democratic field with 45% of votes for Prognosticated Hillary Clinton, against 43% for his first opponent Bernie Sanders.

 

  System boycotted by Sanders and Clinton

 Microsoft vows to be neutral. But its involvement is not to the liking of everyone. His system is boycotted by Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. The first question the real motivations of the software company, knowing that the employees of the group have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaign of Hillary Clinton.

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