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AdHocSolver

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42. Microsoft is notorious for missing product launch dates.

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 10:30 PM

Jan 2012

It doesn't seem to have hurt their profits or their market share.

In fact, many of us in software development believed that they purposely announced "vaporware" to "discourage" the public from buying competitors' software until Microsoft actually had product to ship.

Moreover, why should consumers be more concerned about how much profit Apple (or any corporation ) makes as compared to how they may be abusing their workers to get that profit? I have never felt obligated to be concerned about the profitability of any one company.

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NYT: How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work [View all] Newsjock Jan 2012 OP

We need global labor unions abelenkpe Jan 2012 #1

+1. n/t Bonhomme Richard Jan 2012 #37

A few companies who's products are made in the same factories as the iPhone: onehandle Jan 2012 #2

How much of our military electronics have Chinese chips? alfredo Jan 2012 #31

Depends on the weapons system. boppers Jan 2012 #39

Outsourcing can be a huge security risk. alfredo Jan 2012 #48

Its not just profits dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #3

Of course it is.. whathehell Jan 2012 #5

I'm not defending the situation dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #7

Well, that's encouraging, at least, but tell me, how do you feel about industry in the UK? whathehell Jan 2012 #13

Yours are going down while there's are going up dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #14

So?....Is there any benefit whathehell Jan 2012 #18

Foxconn's suicide rate is in line with the suicide rate throughout China alfredo Jan 2012 #21

Could that be because working conditions all over the country are similar? whathehell Jan 2012 #27

China has never been a shining beacon of freedom. Capitalism is alfredo Jan 2012 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #9

A couple of decades ago, that high-tech manufacturing was concentrated in the US. AdHocSolver Jan 2012 #12

Yep, and this "skilled labor" claptrap is BS. joshcryer Jan 2012 #22

Yes, it is... whathehell Jan 2012 #28

I did "read the article", dear whathehell Jan 2012 #25

I understand that's only here though. JNelson6563 Jan 2012 #49

In the UK you can chose. dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #50

That sounds more like our system than I thought it was. JNelson6563 Jan 2012 #51

Usual reason?...US workers have the "nerve" to want unions and/or a 1st world wage? whathehell Jan 2012 #4

Disney reference please? boppers Jan 2012 #40

Here ya go... whathehell Jan 2012 #41

That's not about Jobs on labor, that's about labor on Jobs. boppers Jan 2012 #43

Believe what you want whathehell Jan 2012 #46

Slave labor = more profits. tridim Jan 2012 #6

Does anyone wonder why this is so? newblewtoo Jan 2012 #8

Nope...It Sounds like typical corporate BS "reason" for hiring younger, cheaper and/or foreign whathehell Jan 2012 #15

It's not so, it's a made up stat. joshcryer Jan 2012 #23

Bullshit alarimer Jan 2012 #29

To help the US economy, only the products sold in the US need to be made here. AdHocSolver Jan 2012 #10

I think it's time for a global minimum wage. n/t Bonhomme Richard Jan 2012 #11

Of course...Multi-nationals get away with this sort of thing by the poor around the world. whathehell Jan 2012 #16

How much? SnakeEyes Jan 2012 #35

How about a percentage of what the principals make. The point is starting a dialog. Bonhomme Richard Jan 2012 #36

Apple is a multinational corporate psychopath, just like the rest of them...... marmar Jan 2012 #17

Yup...and I fail to see why whathehell Jan 2012 #19

+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #34

I call total BS on Apple's claim that they need "skilled labor." joshcryer Jan 2012 #20

Careful. Next thing you know: boppers Jan 2012 #44

Well, I've done assembly line manufacturing. joshcryer Jan 2012 #45

After reading the article, here's what I wanted to post on their site ... nilram Jan 2012 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #26

Microsoft is notorious for missing product launch dates. AdHocSolver Jan 2012 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #47

Did you know ... GeorgeGist Jan 2012 #32

The issue is the model, the model changed from please the customer to maximize sahreholder value roseBudd Jan 2012 #33

BEST tweet on this -- nilram Jan 2012 #38