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Microsoft to Invest $1.7 billion in India

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the currying-favor dept.

piyushranjan writes "Bill Gates has announced that Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in India over the next four years to expand its operations. The fund would also be spent in making India a major hub of Microsoft's research, product and application development, services and technical support for both global and domestic companies. Microsoft plans to create 3000 more jobs at India, taking it's headcount at India to 7000."

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  1. Cool.... by mrRay720 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft Curry XP coming soon.

    Does anyone think though that India is having too much change too soon? It's not exactly the most stable part of the world as it is. Fast progress is great - too fast though and you're setting yourself up for serious problems down the road.

  2. Re:for that kind of money by nihaopaul · · Score: 0, Troll

    not really, they want to hire 3000 more people, with 1.7billion to invest that works out at 141,666 usd per year, eh........[transmission ended reason="*packing bags and moving to india*"]

  3. Ahh yes... by borawjm · · Score: 0, Troll

    India.. America's guinea pig. Is India really going to benefit from the influence of American companies? Why not let India develop on their own, keeping their own heritage and culture and without the influence from American culture? Is this supposed to be Glocalization or Americanization?

  4. Mod parent up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Story should read, "Microsoft bribe country into swallowing their overpriced shitware".

  5. the future by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    I know what's gonna happen now... Slashdot ppl will post all sorts of nationalist and fascist crap about India being bought, sold, bad, ignorant and so on. typical american crowd... You own the damn world, what more do u want?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-globalization

  6. Re:So has /. become like ZDNET forums? by marlinSpike · · Score: 0, Troll
    For a country like ours that fights wars and preaches the economics of liberalization and the entrepreneurial culture, it's quite amazing that we can't take a doze of our own medication! Hey, Microsoft is no more American than it is French or English! It's a Global Company, and if you pose the question to the board of Microsoft or GE or any other company, they'll tell you that they cannot and will not sacrifice their global presence or business at the behest of a *few* complaining Americans who haven't understood how a free market economy works.

    The fact is that I and MOST OF YOU will benefit when Microsoft makes more money by efficiently investing their money. How? From our 401(k) and stock investments.

    Grow up people -- we Americans like to think we can export "democracy" and a "modern economy" to Iraq and Afghanistan, but our collective understanding of it is apparently so rudimentary that we demand that so-called American companies (they are in fact Multi-National companies), hire only Americans. How pathetic. I suggest economics 101 in any community college to answer your questions.

  7. Re:So has /. become like ZDNET forums? by metlin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not really.

    Ever since I can remember, articles on India on /. have always been accompanied by ignorant drivel ranging from, "they're taking away our jobs!" to "India is dirt poor!" and everything in between.

    Most people have no clue about the real situation, but that does not stop them from shooting off their mouths, though.