From: Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 04:25 Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Microsoft Plans to Outsource Over 10,000 Jobs to China Saturday, September 3rd, 2005 - 12:20am SEATTLE TIMES / By Brier Dudley - Technology Reporter MICROSOFT PLANS TO STOP SUPPORTING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY BY OUTSOURCING MORE THAN 10,000 JOBS OVER 10 YEARS TO CHINA http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002468560_msftgoogle03.html ----- ---- --- -- - - Microsoft is on track to outsource more than 1,000 jobs a year to China, according to blistering evidence released yesterday in Microsoft's increasingly nasty spat with Google over an employee who jumped ship in July. In a revelation that highlights the complexity of China President Hu Jintao's visit to Seattle and Microsoft on Monday, legal filings detailed claims of how Microsoft had offended the Chinese government by not outsourcing as many jobs as promised to Chinese technology vendors. COMMENTS AT: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/04/2256208&tid=109&tid=218 ----- ---- --- -- - - Public Service Announcement Brought to You by SPAMIS : Strategic Partnership Against Microsoft Illegal Spam ----- ---- --- -- - - [ SPAMIS NOTIFICATION ]: Thanks to Individual and Server Contributions, SPAMIS is Now "FULLY READY" to Begin Increasing Microsoft Public Service Announcement Emails to 20 Times the Amount of Internet Email Users by 25 Times the Current Sending Rate & Speed When a Certain Activity Transpires to "ANY" Past, Present or Future SPAMIS Member(s) and/or "ANY" SPAMIS Affiliate(s). [ CURRENTLY IN WAITING FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO TRANSPIRE TO BEGIN ] [ SPAMIS / PO Box 1259, Seattle, WA 98101 - USA ]