Microsoft ships American jobs overseas

Tue 13th Apr 2010, 02:14 pm

WTF? Microsoft is sending jobs abroad in a new outsourcing deal and deserves to be teabagged.


Yes, under a three-year agreement announced Tuesday, India-based Infosys is expected to assume control over Microsoft's internal IT services worldwide.

According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Infosys will use Microsoft products for the company’s tech requirements at over 450 locations in 104 countries. 



The IT company is also expected to provide help-desk services, desk-side help, as well as infrastructure and application support for MS.

"This agreement provides Infosys with a unique opportunity to partner with Microsoft IT and gain deep and early expertise in the implementation and management of the latest Microsoft technologies," Infosys confirmed in an official statement.

“ Infosys capabilities to help other customers leverage Microsoft's innovation and adopt these technologies."

http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/49360-microsoft-ships-american-jobs-overseas

Microsoft to invest $ 9.5 billion in R&D initiatives
Submitted by Pankaj Lakhotia on Tue, 04/13/2010

http://www.stockwatch.in/microsoft-invest-95-billion-rd-initiatives-25315

....Moorhty K Uppaluri, general manager, developer and platform evangelism indicated that the company spends around $ 9.5 billion in a year in specifically for research and development. He said that the Microsoft was one of the few companies that maintained its R&D spending even at the time of economic slowdown. Mr. Moorhty was speaking on the sidelines of Tech. Ed.

He (Uppaluri) did not disclose details about where the investment would go specifically and how much of that would be invested in the Microsoft India Development India Centre but only said that India is a 'strategic centre for the company' and the investment is likely to go up.

"In India, we are roughly around 2 million developers, where some 1.3 million are IT professionals and the remaining are from student and research community," said Moorthy while adding the number of developers in India were growing at by 16 -18 per cent against 3-4 per cent in the US. He said with the trend India will make up the largest number of developers for the company.

Detailing the company strategy he said that all consumers' access television, computer monitor and mobile screens and the company is focusing on all three. The dynamic and usage differs significantly in different countries.

The company invested considerable amounts in Visual Studio 2010 which can be used by developers to create and deploy software for various devices.

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Go figure - Why does Gates do this when the US is his home country? We are truly handing the keys to the country to China and India - and it may be too late to get them back.

Thanks for the link.

:hi:

when people start copying instead buying his software, because they can no longer afford it.

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