Microsoft Outsourcing High-Level Work 660
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."
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."
Finally (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe this is a good thing... (Score:1, Funny)
What's with all these outsourcing stories lately? No wonder why this site is called "slash-DOT"
Thank goodness RedHat is coded in America (Score:5, Funny)
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so this is GOOD news (Score:1, Funny)
Outsource My Liver (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Come on! (Score:5, Funny)
Color scheme decisions got outsourced.
Re:Outsourcing is evil.. (Score:1, Funny)
What about us Joe 12-packs?
Re:Finally (Score:3, Funny)
Advantages to moving to Texas (Score:5, Funny)
Actually it can be. Here are some of the advantages:
- Lower Cost of Living, I bought a house in Austin for $100k
- More space
- Nobody looks strange at you when you date your sister or cousin
- You can date your farm animals
- With such a low average intelligence, you are much smarter than anyone else.
But there is one disadvantage: You are in Texas.Re:Outsourcing is evil.. (Score:4, Funny)
I think you've got John Kerry's next hunting story there. "There's nothing Theresa and I enjoy more than crawling around on our bellies shooting squirrels with a 12-gauge! As you can see, you hillbilly morons and I are a lot alike."
best joke EVAR (Score:3, Funny)
HAHAHAHHAAAHAHAAHAH!
whew. "highest skilled work . . . such as software development" that's a good one.
Re:so this is GOOD news (Score:3, Funny)
No wonder why America continues to fall behind; Indian cats can program, American cats continue to crap in boxes and sleep all day.
Re:Yes, the very same (Score:3, Funny)
Where are you living? In the good old USA, tax breaks don't require anything so mundane as economic justification. Tax cuts first, last, and always! And to deserve a tax break, you don't need to aid the economy. You just need to send checks to the correct party.
Re:Outsourcing is a problem because we are all sla (Score:4, Funny)
Then it will be time for the great robot war!
Re:Come on! (Score:2, Funny)
William S. Burroughs' writing really went downhill after he died.
Re:Thank goodness RedHat is coded in America (Score:3, Funny)
(think Deli accent): "Hi My name is...uh...Bob"
Truer Words Were Never Spoken... (Score:1, Funny)
from a microsoft victums point of view, more damning words were never spoken.