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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:49 PM Original message |
Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent (Reuters) |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Send IT jobs overseas, put a chill down the spine of the IT community |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I told my young nephew to find something else to do |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:52 PM Original message |
To be perfectly honest he is correct |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:53 PM Original message |
Make no mistake, that Diebold code is shit ON PURPOSE |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. But come on, they wouldn't make it that obvious |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Legally no one is even supposed to SEE the code (trade secret or |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. but they did, every company knows damn well you can not keep code secret |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Diebold programing for voting machines comes from Canada |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. that's not what I'm hearing from IT people |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. You're absolutely right, nickinSTL. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have to disagree |
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FormerDem06 (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. I will bet you money that developers in Hungary, Poland, or the Far East wrote some of the Diebold |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Diebold programming is not rocket science |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Let me clarify slightly what I meant |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I have news for you, Bill Gates is a Harvard dropout |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Yeah, he grew up here in albuquerque where I live. There was a great movie about this |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. No, he's not correct. There are scads of out-of-work programmers |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. ding, ding, ding we have a winner n/t |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bill-ionaire meant "not enough cheap IT talent" |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. This IT "talent" discovered several years ago |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm going into networking for that reason |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Yeah, but I was in that for over 15 years. The pay is nowhere near |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. This IT Talent Discovered Years Ago |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Look at the fastest-growing IT companies. They're all using Indian labor. |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Kind of like supporting walmart over Costco eh? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Lowe's also :) |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. No wonder - When companies keep outsourcing IT Services |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's clear propaganda so they can outsource jobs |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. duh |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gates is full of it... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You're right..... |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well duh, we are way too expensive. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Gates is like a robot |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. He got his wish....... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. UGH! |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Congress is working hard against the American worker |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. They'll still be waiting for years - what visas can they get them |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Not true, they are now hiring them outside and bring them in |
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Anus Retainus (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. Since BillG never finished college... |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. The IT talent they employ ain't cheap. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. My daughter, her girlfriend, and former boyfriend |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Undercut by H1B visa holders...companies have no incentive |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I recently had to call Microsoft |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. Blah Blah Blah (Or to use their term "Yadda Yadda Yadda") |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. BULL-SHIT, bill! |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wrong bill |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bill Gates can eat my shit. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-07-06 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. Gates or should we call you Walt McBill? |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
47. I started in the IT business over 20 years ago.... |
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