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Sun Sacks UltraSparc V and 3300 Employees
bender writes "According to this article, Sun Microsystems has cancelled the next generation UltraSparc V processor even though the chip had already taped out. Perhaps this has something to do with the recent partnerships with AMD and Fujitsu?"
I just got this message from kerio firewall... what the fuck is slashdot/osdn trying to do?
I'm no physicist, but I think the technical term is "serving images." Many web sites do it nowadays. Perhaps you should uninstall your so-called "firewall" and experience the Internet in a less-broken fashion.
Rather they will hire the workers in Bangalore.
With everyone hiring in Bangalore, who's left to hire that's any good?
Actually, wages in Bangalore (and China, for that matter) are being bid up through the ceiling. All the multinational CEOs gossip with each other, and the herd mentality has them headed for India, China, Russia, etc. for "lower wages" on behalf of their stockholders. Except when they get there they are all bidding for the same workers. (Of course, you don't see them hiring CEOs, CIOs, COOs, etc. overseas -- you know, the high-paying jobs that would really make a difference to the stockholders' interests.)
It reminds me of when all the semiconductor companies in the US moved into Albuquerque in the 1980's. Within a year all the employees were being paid at the top of the pay ranges, and you couldn't find anyone to replace people who quit. It lasted all of about two years until they were at parity paywise with the rest of the US.
to the Engineer, the glass is neither half full nor half empty. Its just two times too big.
(Hint: the client is the guy who sent the SYN, and the server is he who replied with SYN-ACK)
You could move every single job in America to China and still you only gonna raise wages like 10 bucks a week.
I agree with you in theory, and over the long run. But I'm talking about right now. I personally know people who are hiring there right now, and they tell me they are paying close to US wages today, and they aren't willing to settle for green, wet-behind-the-years new graduates.
to the Engineer, the glass is neither half full nor half empty. Its just two times too big.
There's only one CEO. His salary makes no difference to the bottom line of a giant multinational.
I'd bet all the stockholders in Enron and WorldCom would like to have had the option. If you want to get rid of the kind of hubris that callously crushes the communities that spawned the multinationals, and that led to the excesses at Enron and WorldCom, maybe putting the executive office jobs on the line would be a good start.
Just a random rant, though.
to the Engineer, the glass is neither half full nor half empty. Its just two times too big.