On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:32:38 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>George Barca wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:35:07 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/160115.asp?source=rss
>>>>
>>>> That makes a total that may exceed 10,000 people who lost their job
>>>> at/for Microsoft, so it aligns with some early estimates.
>>>
>>> You really should contact Rex Ballard for confirmation of the exact
>>> number.
>>>
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>> Does he work for Microsoft?
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>No. He's a well-known lunatic and buffoonish Linux^^^^^Amway "advocate" (at
>night only... by day he hawks proprietary stuff for IBM).
He seems to have a lot of free time.
>To listen to him and his concocted "facts and figures" you'd think he was a
>VP of OEM Relations at Microsoft.
That is why I asked. He writes like he worked at a PR firm at
some point.
>Rex is a little bitter that MS stole his ideas and put them in MS-DOS and
>Windows 2000.
That's a long time to grind an axe.
It's best to get over these kind of things.
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>> After today, he may very well be unemployed.
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>Only in cola la-la land does 1400 layoffs out of 94000 employees = "may very
>well be unemployed"
Unless you, or I happen to be one of the 1400 at which point it
takes on a whole new meaning.
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/inside_ms.mspx#EUCAE
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George Barca
georgebarca1981@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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