[lbo-talk] Bill Gates in aid of Indian techies

[Mycos]

The post wasn't a rebuttal of the Gates post, merely an article that I 
thought might be of interest due to the similarities.

Perhaps a different subject-line was warranted?

Gary Williams

http://mycos.blogspot.com/

Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
> On 4/29/05, Mycos <mycos at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>><http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/22/news-reed.php>
>>Sweatshop on the Sea
>>Wanted: 600 computer coders to work for cheap on old cruise ship
>>
> 
> 
> You are missing the point. Bill isn't looking for coders, cheap or
> otherwise, here - he has plenty of them across the planet. He is
> looking for "exceptional talent" to be based in the US (hence the visa
> issue), and that doesn't come cheap, wherever it may come from. As a
> matter of fact, he has in the same breath asked Capitol Hill to beef
> up America's education infrastructure so that more such "talent" is
> produced natively. If you read his statement carefully, the issue for
> him is flexibility in planning, not cost. Cost is never the only
> driver of business decisions, contrary to the popular misconception
> among large sections of the Left.
> 
> Sujeet
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