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 -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto Internet (H323) phone: 206.28.187.30 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.