Bill Hilf - formerly from IBM, then eToys, now MS apologist.
Martin Taylor - salesman and now GM of Platform Strategy. Never thought salesmen could strategize:-)
On the whole the discussion projects one happy family (Windows) that lunches together and watches TV together. Oh yes, they love their customers and give them good service - sort of friendly neighborhood mom & pop cafe?
Do I sense a bit of xenophobia in this discussion? I thought slashdot is a global forum of smart people. The impression I get is that a huge population of dumb, but cheaply available people overseas perform menial jobs that are lost from American society. May be, but there must be more reasons than just greed from CEOs and shareholders. It is not just routine IT projects that get outsourced. Google, M$FT, Adobe and many others established IT shops in India and elsewhere.
As an aside, is there trade war on outsourcing looming around the corner? This may not affect many of the slashdotters, but do we want it is the big question.
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Bill Hilf - formerly from IBM, then eToys, now MS apologist. Martin Taylor - salesman and now GM of Platform Strategy. Never thought salesmen could strategize :-)
On the whole the discussion projects one happy family (Windows) that lunches together and watches TV together. Oh yes, they love their customers and give them good service - sort of friendly neighborhood mom & pop cafe?
offtopic rage. India == killers, liars, frauds US == patriot, genuine businessman, naive???
Do I sense a bit of xenophobia in this discussion? I thought slashdot is a global forum of smart people. The impression I get is that a huge population of dumb, but cheaply available people overseas perform menial jobs that are lost from American society. May be, but there must be more reasons than just greed from CEOs and shareholders. It is not just routine IT projects that get outsourced. Google, M$FT, Adobe and many others established IT shops in India and elsewhere.
As an aside, is there trade war on outsourcing looming around the corner? This may not affect many of the slashdotters, but do we want it is the big question.