Star Gates and Ballmer: A Look at the Future
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 28th Sep 2005 23:27 UTC
Microsoft Despite some high-profile departures to Google and other rivals, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer say Microsoft Corp. is still in a position to attract the top talent needed to ensure the company's strength as it enters its fourth decade.
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RE[2]: Microsoft has lots of money
by CPUGuy on Thu 29th Sep 2005 03:01 UTC in reply to "RE: Microsoft has lots of money"
CPUGuy
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2005-07-06

The onlything Microsoft has outsourced is their call center. Their engineers still work here.

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archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

You mean, the ones that haven't left yet to work at Google...

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captain_knobjockey Member since:
2005-08-23

untrue

65% of XP was programmed by Indian programmers. Official figures from Microsoft.com

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segedunum Member since:
2005-07-06

65% of XP was programmed by Indian programmers. Official figures from Microsoft.com

It shows as well. And then the hypocrits tell us that open source software is simply a way of getting rid of IT jobs in the western world.

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Do you have a source on that? XP is basically 2000 with some pretty features, so I'd like to see exactly what that 65% entails.

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The onlything Microsoft has outsourced is their call center. Their engineers still work here.

Well let's face it "Format and reinstall" isn't the hardest english phrase to learn.

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