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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 puffbunny · · Score: 0, Troll


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

    HA whatever! Like you're going to do anything! You'll gripe with your buddies a few times and then give up, quiet down, and resume the role of good little /. addicts.

    No matter how much Taco makes /. suck you'll still keep coming back for more! No worries

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  2. Reason for delays? by moojin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Could this be their reason for delaying Longhorn and 64 bit Windows XP?

    Does this prove that Microsoft is no longer a software development company, but a monopolistic corporation that cares nothing about security, quality, release dates and focuses entirely on how to harvest the smallest penny of profit from their cash cow?

    Andrew

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  3. This explains things! by jo42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    This explains why WinXP SP2 has been delayed. Why Longhorn (aka cowpies from Redmond) has been delayed. Why 64-bit versions of Windows XP has been delayed. Why Windows 2003 Server SP1 has been delayed.

  4. Re:Come on! by metamatic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now we just need a checkbox for "Make site actual legal HTML".

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