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Indian engineers good only at theory: Microsoft
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| 10/5/05
| Sinha and Mishra
Posted on 10/06/2005 5:38:05 PM PDT by voletti
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Let the India-baiting FReepers let some steam off, I guess.
Bill gates, apparently in one of his talks put it even better about the problems nagging Indian engineers. He said:"Given four options to choose from in a multiple choice question, Indian engineers will always hit the right answer only if the answer is among the 4 options given. but if the right answer is some fifth option...." thats where the American engineers score, I guess. (:-)
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:38:08 PM PDT
by
voletti
To: voletti
Well, I'm betting that Bill Gates will help them fix that problem.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:40:04 PM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: voletti
Ah, but their technical support is way cool. The only thing I like better than dealing with "Chuck" in Bangalore on the tenuous satellite phone connection in "Dell Hell" endless "tech support" is ...giving myself a colonoscopy with a rusty garden hose.
To: Willie Green; A. Pole; Jhoffa_; WorkingClassFilth
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:42:34 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Jeanine Pirro for Senate, Hillary Clinton for Weight Watchers Spokeswoman)
To: voletti
Our company outsourced to India, and learned this the very, very, very hard way.
After paying about 10x our original investment for US consultants to fix it, we now have a smooth running, but mediocre product.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:45:15 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
(Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. – Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: FormerACLUmember
Hey, did you hear the good news? Dell is moving their customer support out of India! Now for the bad news: they're moving it to the Phillipines.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:45:37 PM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: voletti
We are using them for operations and the maintenance of old applications. They are well-suited to that sort of thing.
I think all the brilliant guys have already come to the US, and are living in McMansions in Princeton Junction. You can hire them for $100 an hour.
To: randog
Dell is moving their customer support out of India! Now for the bad news: they're moving it to the Phillipines.The girls are cuter in the Phillipines. Makes for better tech support fantasies.
To: voletti
Indian engineers will always hit the right answer only if the answer is among the 4 options given ...AND an Indian has taken the test several times, enough to know the right answers, so he can pass them on to his friends.
As Brian Valentine of Microsoft said a couple of years back, "Think India! Two for the price of one!"
Followed this year by Steve Ballmer whining he can't find US programmers for 40k / year.
WTF did they expect from a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY????
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:50:40 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: voletti; Bush2000; Golden Eagle; softwarecreator
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:51:33 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: voletti
This is another "Sun Came up this Morning"/"Dems Bash Bush" article.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:55:56 PM PDT
by
kerryusama04
(The UN wants our guns so they can rape our children and steal our money)
To: Brilliant
IBM has almost as many employees in India as Microsoft does worldwide. Think about that for a second.
To: Brilliant
I'm betting that no matter how fast they make a computer and how much RAM they put in it, Microsoft will write code that will bring it to it's knees.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:56:45 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: FormerACLUmember
The girls are cuter in the Phillipines. Makes for better tech support fantasies.Until they hit about 35, that is.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:58:19 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: FormerACLUmember
is ...giving myself a colonoscopy with a rusty garden hose.
That is...descriptive beyond words.
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posted on
10/06/2005 5:59:25 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Snake-ranching! Yeah, that's the ticket!)
To: Incorrigible
India does not produce enough computer engineers and those it does are good at theory but not very well equipped to handle the practical aspects, according to Microsoft Corporation's Chief Technical Officer Craig Mundie, who is on a visit to India. "India produces a lot of engineers. But the production of computer science engineers is low, pro rata." Let's hope he's right. Sometimes something that looks cheaper actually costs more in the long run.
To: FormerACLUmember
Michelle Malkin's family's Philipino.
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posted on
10/06/2005 6:01:35 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: FormerACLUmember
Michelle Malkin's family's Philipino.
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posted on
10/06/2005 6:01:43 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Golden Eagle
probably something 2 do with the fact that Indians do well at IT service jobs (like at IBM) than at product based jobs (think Microsoft)
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posted on
10/06/2005 6:02:15 PM PDT
by
voletti
(To go where no man has gone before....)
To: voletti
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posted on
10/06/2005 6:02:40 PM PDT
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
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