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01-22-2009, 12:08 PM
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4-ever a So Cal Gal
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Microsoft cutting up to 5,000 jobs
They let go 1400 people today and the remainder over the next 18 months. It is the first company firing in it's 34 years.
The CEO Steve Ballmer said it may be the worst recession since WWII.
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01-22-2009, 12:13 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Boca Raton Florida
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I keep saying this is very sad, where do they think people are going to be able to find jobs when there will be more people out of work than there are jobs??? I so hope we can all get through these bad times..as I dont think anyone is immune to what is going on and do think it will hit more industries as the recession gets worse before it gets better....
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01-22-2009, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Well, they might as well. It's not as if they've really produced anything new in years.
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01-22-2009, 12:24 PM
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Political Correctness kills!
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Great Land - Alaska
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Hopefully the ones being cut are those responsible for Vista!
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01-22-2009, 12:31 PM
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Life is a Journey
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Yellow Brick Road
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moose Whisperer
Hopefully the ones being cut are those responsible for Vista!
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WORD!!! Hate to see anyone lose their jobs . . . but whoever put that system together needs to be fired. |
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01-22-2009, 12:40 PM
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4-ever a So Cal Gal
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Everytime DH curses at the computer he tells me we are going to switch to a MAC and he's not giving Gates another dime.
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01-22-2009, 12:50 PM
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Waiting to pick up the pieces from the crash
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Key Largo
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It's about time. Microsoft is a joke and needs to be more competitive. Only Apple seems able to overcharge a gullible public anymore.
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01-22-2009, 01:01 PM
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Life is a Journey
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Yellow Brick Road
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tallrick
It's about time. Microsoft is a joke and needs to be more competitive. Only Apple seems able to overcharge a gullible public anymore.
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Hey - I have been on Macs for over 20 years now - and I NEVER have had the problems w/ ANY of my Macs that my friends have had w/ PCs. So please, don't even start flaming Apple. People pay for the product b/c of its outstanding reliability and user friendliness.
Anyone who has struggled w/ VISTA and then tries a Mac - no going back. |
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01-22-2009, 04:40 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Seriously, the new office is horrible also. I can't open an existing excel document, without first opening up a blank excel first. It's really irritating.
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01-22-2009, 05:27 PM
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Indy (RIP)
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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I hope they start with all the H-1B's before laying off American workers.
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