Outsourcing is good for US economy: Ballmer (Micro$oft)

[OhioChick]

Thursday, November 9, 2006 : 1310 Hrs
Delhi
Outsourcing is good for US economy: Ballmer

New Delhi, Nov. 9 (PTI): Favouring large-scale outsourcing of software services and R&D works to countries such as India, Steve Ballmer, CEO of the world's largest software company Microsoft, has said the US stands to benefit out of this.

"We will have to increasingly bank on India for scaling up our operations to rise on the next wave of innovation. So, outsourcing is here to stay. I have always stated that the so-called outsourcing is good for the US economy," he said while delivering the fifth Madhav Rao Scindia Memorial lecture yesterday night.

"With the US government making it more difficult for people to come into the US from outside, it puts in pressure on companies like ours to relatively grow our talent pool in India even faster. About 18 per cent of our engineers in Seattle are Indians," he said.

Ballmer, however, felt the attitude (against outsourcing) has improved over the last year.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/218200611091222.htm

Words fail me.... :mad:

[acmejack]

1. It's good for Ballmer

[PSPS]

15. You got that right. It's "good for Ballmer's Economy."

[VegasWolf]

20. Exactly, it is only good for large corporation's "productivity" numbers. It is

death to aaverage Americans.

[BikeWriter]

2. Yeah, right, make America a second class consumer country!

[Vinca]

3. It's not good if you want to sell stuff in America.

The charge cards are just about full, Steve-o. No work for Americans means no sales for you. Food, software, food, software. Hmmmm. Maybe I'll buy FOOD FOR THE KIDS instead of a Windows upgrade.:mad:

[Tight_rope]

17. Thank you!....When it comes down to Food or Software...Well there's a no brainer!

I doubt that America kids will be sitting in front of the computer playing the latest Microsoft high tech. game without a bag of chips and a can of coke to go with it.:shrug: We'll have to watch and see. I'm putting my money on the food (human instinct tells me to). :popcorn:

[McKenzie]

4. Probably mistranslated

the comment should have read - Outsourcing is good for those who control the US economy. The domestic workforce gets shafted as wages are driven down, jobs disappear and the middle class dissolves.

That wonderful scam known as "globalisation" is just a way of moving capital from those who have very little, relatively speaking, to those who already have obscene amounts of the stuff.

Hugo Chavez is absolutely right - unfettered capitalism leads us to hell.

[apnu]

5. Go back to dancing monkey boy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Monkeyboy

[truthseeker1]

14. OMG! What a complete nerd

That guy is a total moron. I've never seen that video before - thanks.

[BlueManDude]

6. Yes the erosion of our standard of living is good for us.

[Joe Bacon]

7. $200 Winblows vs FREE Linux...

Gee, which one is the better bargain Steverino?

[kineneb]

25. yup

his attitude has lost major parts of India to M$ products... State of Kerela (sp?) in India is converting all their school computers to Linux (just read this in Linux Journal)...

most of the 3rd world is/will be using Linux (Ubuntu, etc.), due to licensing costs...

Ballmer, go suck rocks... you and your kind are why Hubby lost his job and could never find another...

[NOLADEM]

8. Good....I agree....Let's outsource CEO's and CFO's...we would save MILLIONS

Let's have Indian or Chinese MBA's run our companies for $19K per year. Would save companies MILLIONS, allowing the workers to be better paid thus improving morale and productivity.

Ballmer, you are full of great ideas.

[Tight_rope]

You are so right...We could save "BILLIONS" if we outsource their jobs!

[Tight_rope]

18. You are so right...We could save "BILLIONS" if we outsource their jobs!

[liberal N proud]

9. I loath these people who promote outsourcing

They write this shit, manager all across the country read it and buy the bull shit and then anytime people like me want to do something, our managers say "Can we outsource that"

Anyone who is for outsourcing can kiss may ass!

[brokensymmetry]

10. Outsourcing is GOOD for U.S. workers!

If you're making more than $10,000,000.00 per year,
or have a net worth of more than $100,000,000.00.

Sadly, that isn't me, or anyone I know. I bet you're
in the same boat.

I would listen to little Stevie Ballmer, but the
voices of people needing a boost in minimum wage from
a pathetic $5.15 per hour seems to have distracted me.

[Zech Marquis]

11. I never did like Ballmer

what a jerk :argh:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Ballmer...#15 on the "Richest American's" list at $13.6 billion.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_The-400-Richest-Americans_Rank.html


So fuck off, Ballmer.

[Tight_rope]

19. Say it loud and say it proud.."FUCK OFF, BALLMER"!

[high density]

13. Who's going to buy computers and their $300 operating systems

...if we're all making $6/hr? These idiots in corporate America don't seem to understand that this economy can run off of credit cards for only so long. They expect consumers to fuel the economy but they don't want to actually pay us the wages that would enable that.

[Javaman]

16. Oh sure he loves it there...

They have virtually no workers rights. Basically they are disposable people to this fucking pig. Pay them shit, treat them like shit and when they act up, bounce them out on their asses.

And the workers their know that and shit a brick anytime they have a grievance.

Ah yes, India the worlds work camp.

[w4rma]

21. Microsoft has *humongous* profits. Outsourcing hardly affects their relative bottom line.

And it reduces the quality of their product. And it increases America's trade deficit. And it harms regular Americans.

[VegasWolf]

22. Just greed. Why limit yourself to humongous profits when you can have Exxon/

Halliburton type profits.

[brentspeak]

23. Ballmer: a proud anti-American

[HughBeaumont]

24. Read the Journal.

That's all I got to say about this fuck. I won't waste paragraphs of fresh typing on his shitbag comments.

It's a lot easier to pontificate from the "never-will-be-fired" and "never in danger of competition" side of the desk, isn't it, Steve-O??

[stepnw1f]

26. These Types Don't Give a Damn about Americans

They only care about their personal wealth.

[Skittles]

27. as someone who works in the industry I can tell you

when they say they have to go outside the US to "find talent" IT IS PURE UTTER BULLSHIT. You would not BELIEVE the f***ing nonsense I have to put up with workers in India, Egypt, Brazil.....the stories are HORRENDOUS. It's money, money, money - these traitorous CEO bastards just want more money to line their pockets.

[OhioChick]

29. I'm right there with you

and couldn't agree with you more.

[Megahurtz]

28. Fuck Microsux!

Taking away jobs from us!:argh: The economy should not be judged on Corporate Profits!

How about

THE WORKING CLASS???

How about OUR economy???

Huh?

HUH???

:rant:

[bamacrat]

30. Its good for the rich who send other jobs over seas.

They still get to keep their jobs. Bastards

[superconnected]

31. Ballmer is a big time republican. Bill Gates isn't.

I've been out of the evil empire for less than 3 months now. I don't believe it has turned republican since I left. There were some repubs walking around but it is WAY dem in that company.

[OhioChick]

32. If that's so,

then I wonder how those Dems (or Repukes for that matter) feel about this?

Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent
Tue Nov 7, 2006 12:36pm ET

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-11-07T173600Z_01_L07799513_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-TALENT.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-12

[superconnected]

34. I'm very aware of it. he's become a corportist.

Lots of dems are.

[Yavin4]

33. Outsourcing Will Eventually Kill The Tech Sector

These morons are only hurting themselves. Who buys the newest hardware/software, gagdgets, etc.? IT geeks. They have to buy it in order to keep up with new skills, certs., etc. If there are no jobs, then no one will buy this stuff.