Visa woes? Microsoft has Vancouver, B.C.
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| The majority of those workers are graduates of U.S. universities who can't
| stay in the country because of visa issues, said Microsoft spokesman Lou
| Gellos. Another 15 percent to 20 percent are from Canadian universities,
| Gellos said.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/07/story5.html
Who Got H-1B Visas Petitions Approved Last Year? Look At The List
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| The top 25 H-1B visa recipient companies contacted by Durbin and Grassley
| this week include Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, Cognizant, Microsoft, and Tata.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001329
Recent (the emperor is naked, or soon to be broke):
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway
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| The rest of the $44.6bn (£22.3bn) deal would be financed with an undisclosed
| amount of credit.
|
| What that means is that it must squeeze as much money as it can from its
| operations to fund that debt and still pay dividends to shareholders, who
| will be looking for some payback from the Yahoo takeover. Giving away
| software is the last thing it would want to do in these circumstances, and
| the DreamSpark announcement shows just how worried it is about the future.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-dreamspark-%E2%80%93-what-giveaway
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
Microsoft India centre working on Windows 7
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| Designers and engineers at Microsoft R&D centre in India have a new mandate
| for development of Windows 7, the next generation operating system from
| Microsoft Corporation, slated for release in 2009-10.
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http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/microsoft-india-centre-workingwindows-7/09/56/296305
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