Microsoft Shifting Development, Support to India

Dyre Straits · Jul 3, 2003, 08:19 PM

By Reed Stevenson and Anshuman Daga

SEATTLE/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp., (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) is starting to shift U.S.-based jobs to India as it seeks to lower technical support and development costs, the world's largest software maker said on Wednesday.

Microsoft, long seen as a growing company immune to job losses, is now considering cutbacks in the United States while increasing staff in India, which turns out tens of thousands of English-speaking software engineers each year.

"With lots of English-speaking talent, we were thinking of a better way to tap into that," S. Somasegar, Microsoft's Vice President of Windows Engineering Services, told Reuters.

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mjh8227 · Jul 3, 2003, 09:41 PM

I really hate to see this kind of thing happen. I was a developer at a well known database/software company and lost my job because they found it was cheaper to outsource the work to consultants in India. I feel sorry for the many people who will lose their jobs only to increase the profit of the M$ juggernaut.

amuro · Jul 4, 2003, 12:52 AM

Well it was gonna happen anyways specially since the majority of people who hate Bill Gates and Window OSs mainly reside in the USA.

Hell the US Gov tried to shatter MS's Empire so I am not surprised about this event unfolding.

I think I will end up moving to India even though I am a US Citizen, I keep hearing about how pretty the girls are over there and how they are actually good housewives.

It was either that or Women from Siberia Russia or girls from the Asian countries.

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Dyre Straits HH Old Fuddy Duddy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 14,205 Rep Power: 216 System Specs	Microsoft Shifting Development, Support to India By Reed Stevenson and Anshuman Daga SEATTLE/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp., (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) is starting to shift U.S.-based jobs to India as it seeks to lower technical support and development costs, the world's largest software maker said on Wednesday. Microsoft, long seen as a growing company immune to job losses, is now considering cutbacks in the United States while increasing staff in India, which turns out tens of thousands of English-speaking software engineers each year. "With lots of English-speaking talent, we were thinking of a better way to tap into that," S. Somasegar, Microsoft's Vice President of Windows Engineering Services, told Reuters. News Link

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amuro DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 147 Rep Power: 0	Well it was gonna happen anyways specially since the majority of people who hate Bill Gates and Window OSs mainly reside in the USA. Hell the US Gov tried to shatter MS's Empire so I am not surprised about this event unfolding. I think I will end up moving to India even though I am a US Citizen, I keep hearing about how pretty the girls are over there and how they are actually good housewives. It was either that or Women from Siberia Russia or girls from the Asian countries. __________________ Intel PIII 1Ghz Slot 1 Intel VC820 P18 Bios 133Mhz FSB 256 PC600 ECC RDRAM Matrox G400 Max 32MB SGRAM AGP4X Rev A modded for AGP 4X enabled Official Matrox Bios update Default Matrox clock speed Win98 SE DirectX6.1a XBox Tech Specs: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1561&p=1

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mjh8227 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	I really hate to see this kind of thing happen. I was a developer at a well known database/software company and lost my job because they found it was cheaper to outsource the work to consultants in India. I feel sorry for the many people who will lose their jobs only to increase the profit of the M$ juggernaut.