Here's another evil company that sacks people despite good financial results
(unlike AOL, which does badly and has just sacked 20% of its workforce)...
Intel to shed another 2,000 jobs
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| CHIP GIANT Intel is to slash its workforce by another 2,000 before the end of
| the year despite posting strong third quarter results.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/17/heads-roll-intel
Never mind the employees that operate the company as long as investors can
improve earnings.
IDF TAIWAN - Intel to unveil OLPC chips in Shanghai next April
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| Intel plans to unveil a new microprocessor for the One Laptop Per Child
| notebook and other ultra-low cost laptop PCs at the Intel Developer Forum in
| Shanghai next April, an executive said this week.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=2047014919&rid=-50
Stealing AMD's lunch after vicious abuses?
Running On Empty: Tech's Vanishing Circle Of Engineers
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| Tech chiefs from Microsoft's Bill Gates to Intel's (NasdaqGS:INTC - News)
| Craig Barrett warn that this puts U.S. firms at a disadvantage. They warn
| that foreign-born engineers may return to their home countries to start rival
| firms.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/071012/managing.html?.v=1
They just want to save employment money (as shown above). More of these excuses
have been debunked (see below).
Related:
Study: There Is No Shortage of U.S. Engineers
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| ...a new study from Duke University calls this argument bunk, stating
| that there is no shortage of engineers in the United States, and
| that offshoring is all about cost savings.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2111347,00.asp
Is There a Shortage of U.S. Tech Workers?
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| Speaking before a Senate committee earlier this month, Gates said
| that America is facing a critical shortage of tech workers. He
| recommended boosting the number of H-1B visas to allow more foreign
| tech workers into the U.S.
|
| [...]
|
| "I think that has created an environment where the population of advanced
| skill workers has shrunk a lot in the U.S., because we just haven't created
| a fair system," he says. "Where if you go to other countries, you'll find
| national policy around broadband deployment, which creates a much more even
| playing field for people of all income levels to learn by and work by."
|
| "We did it to ourselves," he says.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3667376
Microsoft Sending All XP and Vista Tech Support Calls To India?
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| Microsoft is sending ALL of its XP and Vista tech support calls to India
| starting March 29th, according to a call center insider
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http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/microsoft/microsoft-sending-all-xp-and-vista-tech-support-calls-to-india-245048.php
"Dear Microsoft": An open letter to Microsoft regarding the outsourcing of
jobs.
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| Don't get it twisted: I don't have a problem with you outsourcing
| jobs to people that will work for next-to-nothing. It's just
| getting a bit out of hand, don't you think? I mean, there's no
| point trying to fool me.
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http://www.lastnameball.com/RantsandTirades/Pages/DearMicrosoft.html
And there's the classic image:
http://airpost.org/microsoft.jpg
Bill Gates to address Senate panel
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to descend on Capitol Hill
| next week to pepper a U.S. Senate committee with his suggestions for
| boosting American competitiveness.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6163930.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Two-timin' Intel pushes Classmate PC in China while courting OLPC
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| When Intel and the One Laptop Per Child Project buried the hatchet—a love-in
| that brought resources to OLPC and the prospects of Intel gaining a CPU role
| in the XO laptop—the questions were many. Where would this leave AMD? What
| would Intel really do with its competing Classmate PC? The answer is now
| clear: with AMD still in the XO's "driver's seat," Intel is continuing its
| efforts to sell the Classmate PC in markets where it will compete head to
| head with the OLPC, including the much sought-after Chinese education market.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070926-intel-pushes-classmate-pc-in-china-while-courting-olpc.html
http://tinyurl.com/ystel4
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
AMD chief condemns Intel 'abuses'
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| In 2005, after the Japan Fair Trade Commission found Intel guilty of
| offering illegal rebates to Japanese PC makers, AMD filed an anti-trust
| suit against its competitor in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The
| case has not been decided.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/21/amd_ceo_condemns_intel_abuses/
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