Is There Really an IT Labor Shortage?
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| Despite what you've been told about the IT skills shortage, there's a
| multitude of evidence that suggests that line of reasoning is a self-serving
| myth. Baseline cuts in to the belly of the IT shortage debate.
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| Over the last several years a number of IT industry executives and analysts
| have consistently promoted the idea that there exists an ever-present
| shortage of skilled IT workers in the market to fill the industry’s demand.
| High-profile executives such as Bill Gates of Microsoft and Craig Barrett of
| Intel have weighed in on their opinions about this shortage of good help in
| the server room and at the keyboard.
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http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Is-There-Really-an-IT-Labor-Shortage/
Let Microsoft abuse its monopoly, kill rival software companies and then throw
away the jobs like Nike does. This is good for America?
This is a good counter-argument to make whenever someone says that FOSS is bad
the economy. At least with FOSS everyone can control the software.
Recent:
Guess Who's Getting the Most Work Visas
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| Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) are the only two traditional U.S. tech
| companies among the top 10. Microsoft received 959 visa petition approvals,
| or one fifth as many as Infosys, while Intel got 369.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_11/b4075062465238.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
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
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
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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