The pact could generate millions in revenue for Alphabet Inc's Internet giant. But inside a company whose employees largely reflect the liberal sensibilities of the San Francisco Bay Area, the contract is about as popular as President Donald Trump. Not since 2010, when Google retreated from China after clashing with state censors, has an issue so roiled the rank and file. Almost 4,000 Google employees, out of an Alphabet total of 85,000, signed a letter asking Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai to nix the Project Maven contract and halt all work in "the business of war".
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