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Microsoft - Dance with who Brung Ya.
There is an old saying where I come from ? Dance with who brung ya.

Yes Microsoft has once again surprised Wall Street. That is never enough though.

Microsoft a one time start up fought for respect against companies such as IBM, Oracle, Sybase etc has surpassed them. They where built by US employees primarily (citizens or Visa employees), US Firms that purchased the Software, US Consultants that ?Hawked? their products etc. Now when they have a dominant position and continually increase revenue it is not enough. Jobs in the US are sold out, not just by Microsoft, but by many American firms that are loyal until they can increase profits by a few percentage points.

Over the past few years Microsoft has moved Jobs to India to Reduce Costs, Perhaps to win greater contacts Abroad, Altruistic reasons to help workers and economies abroad (Your kidding me right?). When America needs companies to stand firm and support the people who got them to this point they have abandoned ? not wholey ? but enough to be felt ? thereby placing one more nail in the economy that is the American Technical Worker.

Microsoft ? Dance with who brung ya. Remember when that last tune is played and we leave the dance hall that is life you might not like how you looked at the end.

Bruce J Hafner
President / CEO
Silicon Mindset, Inc.
http://www.siliconmindset.com
Software Made in America
Posted by: bhafner   Posted on: 01/22/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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again  dg mh | 01/22/04
Nail in what coffin?  marksashton | 01/22/04
X-Box  voska | 01/23/04
It's very easy to make money...  SloooeShflu | 01/22/04
It's easier to take your money  rock06r | 01/22/04
While the Eolas patent case...  SloooeShflu | 01/22/04
SloooeShflu shows cluelessness again  marksashton | 01/22/04
What I know about the case...  SloooeShflu | 01/22/04
Uhhhh...no  marksashton | 01/22/04
turning it around ...  pschroeder@... | 01/22/04
ThAt WaS pReTtY "cLeVeR"  SloooeShflu | 01/22/04
shoofly -- just trying to point out...  pschroeder@... | 01/23/04
I guess you have no sense of judgment  SloooeShflu | 01/23/04
exactly  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
And Licensing too  voska | 01/23/04
sure  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
Banner day for US equity markets  Mike Cox | 01/22/04
Congratulations! You lost $5600...  IT_User | 01/22/04
Mike Cox loses again!  marksashton | 01/23/04
Waiting for Xbox price drop again  FilledOut | 01/22/04
Wonderful news!!!  emartin_z | 01/22/04
Um - I think you already used that crack pipe...  Confused by religion | 01/22/04
Yeah ...  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/22/04
3,000 to 3,500 jobs in the US  joseb_z | 01/22/04
Wooooow...3000 jobs out of 300 million Americans. Thank you M$!  SloooeShflu | 01/22/04
how many do you intend to provide this year?  pschroeder@... | 01/22/04
If my rate of hiring was measured...  SloooeShflu | 01/22/04
shoofly -- so what you meant to say was...  pschroeder@... | 01/23/04
So that's more or less than IBM or Sun  FilledOut | 01/24/04
Of course I did...  emartin_z | 01/22/04
Where did you get that from?  joseb_z | 01/22/04
Answer...  emartin_z | 01/23/04
Microsoft - Dance with who Brung Ya.  bhafner | 01/22/04
remember  JWatson77 | 01/23/04
Revenue up, Profits down  tic swayback | 01/23/04
Get Real  ShadeTree | 01/23/04
Really?  tic swayback | 01/23/04
In the current economy!  ShadeTree | 01/23/04
Certainly, but...  tic swayback | 01/23/04
REPEAT: Revenues up, profits down!  George Mitchell | 01/23/04
REPEAT AFTER ME: Revenues equal profits!  John Zern | 01/23/04
Revenues do not equal profits  tic swayback | 01/23/04
And we MUST outsource to be competitive.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/23/04
What many ABMers fail to see..  omdguy | 01/23/04
I stand corrected  tic swayback | 01/23/04
stock based compensation expense?? fools will ignore what this is  hipparchus | 01/25/04
If they didn't have expenses, they would be doing great?  George Mitchell | 01/23/04
IBM by comparison  hipparchus | 01/23/04
Of course...  BitTwiddler | 01/24/04
stock based compensation expense?? fools will ignore what this is  hipparchus | 01/25/04

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