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Microsoft Outsourcing High-Level Work

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the saying-good-bye-to-the-middle-class dept.

philistine writes "The Seattle Times reports
A Seattle labor group said it has new evidence that Microsoft is shifting high-level work to foreign contractors, including work on the next version of Windows. The evidence is a cache of Microsoft contracts with Indian technology vendors that were leaked to the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, an AFL-CIO affiliate that has focused on outsourcing in its effort to organize tech workers."

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  1. Re:Come on! by garcia · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How about we not worry about color schemes and we start worrying about how lame it is that they have put EVERYTHING in "IT". I was much happier when they used more intelligent sections.

    Perhaps we also need to suggest that they add ipod.slashdot.org so that we can block out the daily foursome of stories about the stupid bullshit the fucking iPod can do while still reading about MacOS X zealotry.

    Let's go Taco. We are subscribers and we are footing at least a portion of the bill. Listen to our concerns.

  2. Re:Come on! by nharmon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not only is the color disgusting, but how about the logo in the upper left?

    "It is what IT is?"

    Yeah Slashdot, you really are.

    Oh, and Apple Good, US Bad, Bush evil!

  3. Re:Come on! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here's the god awful color again. How tough it this to change? Who decided on this horrible, horrible, horrible color scheme? I have no idea, by I'm blaming TacoBoy!

    Get with the times, old man. Colors are changing. You're getting older. You're going to die soon and so is your dog.

  4. Re:Come on! by Digital11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hasn't really bothered me as I use RSSReader and just grab the aggregate feed. For some reason they don't use the subdomains for posting stories in the RSS so when linking to the story from my reader I just get the good ol' green scheme.

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    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. Re:The colors make links difficult to see. by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The light beige color makes anything that's a link blend in with the white background too much. I have to strain to read them.
    That will only be a problen when, or indeed if, anyone here learns or bothers to code links properly.
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  7. Re:Come on! by scruffy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Microsoft sucks, outsourcing sucks, and so does this color scheme.