On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 20:43:58 -0500
begin Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
[snip]
>
> "The stunning success of the U.S. tech-powered boom in the 1990s drew
> some 500,000 highly skilled H1-B visa holders from around the world and
> helped establish international business norms."
> (My note: They didn't import 500,000 lawyers.)
Yeah, the H1-B's worked cheap, while the highly skilled, highly paid US
workers went unemployed.
>
> and
>
> "Want to talk to someone in Sofia about a new business venture? Well
> it helps that you can email each other Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
> documents,..."
>
> Such a shameless plugging of a proprietary product is really
> distasteful. I suppose it will have a powerful subliminal effect on
> businessmen and other decision makers. Equally distasteful is the
> vision of the golden world to come, where American citizens will work
> for less but will have the satisfaction of using microsoft software.
>
Well for those who haven't been living under a rock for the past 2 years,
US workers will have to take wage cuts so companies can send more money to
M$ to pay for all the subscription licenses they can't do business
without.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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