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    Bill Gates visited Bucharest to open new Microsoft centre there. The president of Romania gave a speech in Gate's presence, in which he said:

    "Illegal programming helped young generations to discover the world of computers and enhanced the development of informative technologies in Romania. (...) It has helped Romanians to increase their creativity in informative industry"

    Gates didn't comment

    70% of software used in Romania is illegal

    Gazeta.pl : Error 404
    http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,3891355.html


    I wonder if Gates plans new investitions in this country
    "I realise I hold the key to freedom,
    I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
    Middle East!
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    RIP thread
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #3

      FYA
      "I realise I hold the key to freedom,
      I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
      Middle East!

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      • #4
        It could have been worse. From the title, I expected this to be a gloating thread on tonight's Team Handball World Championship semi-final.



        Well good luck to the Poles in the final.

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        • #5
          In developing their latest aircraft simulators, teenagers were polled on their thoughts and ideas. Their computer gaming experience and the fact that their generation would be flying the airplanes that were being simulated were the reasons.
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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          • #6
            Haha. Scratch another one for Popeye. Our president has an unequaled talent for putting his foot in his mouth in front of important foreign people. He usually doesn't lie, but manages to phrase the truth in way that hurts feelings.

            The local press didn't focus on the president's speech, however. Apparently, His Billness (tm) stated that he was very pleased with his romanian employees and that he plans to invest more in Romania.

            Oh... And you guys could at least pretend to show some trace of interest in the OP.

            Soooo.... Team Handball World Championship, huh? Who did Poland beat?
            The monkeys are listening.

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            • #7
              Interesting how Microsoft is still shopping in Europe. I'd expect them to concentrate on the vast talent pools of China and India and forget the rest.

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              • #8
                Others have had success with E. European engineers. Skype with Estonian engineers, f.e. Google also shops in E. Europe.

                There must be something beyond localization that draws these companies to E. Europe in competition with India.
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #9
                  On second look, it appears that Google mostly is keeping to the 1st world for its major engineering offices, except 4 engineering facilities in India (Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bombay).

                  Browse a list of Google's Office Locations - Google
                  http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/address.html
                  Google has more than 70 offices in 50 countries. View a directory of our locations around the world.
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DanS
                    Others have had success with E. European engineers. Skype with Estonian engineers, f.e. Google also shops in E. Europe.

                    There must be something beyond localization that draws these companies to E. Europe in competition with India.
                    They call it "nearshoring." Even the Indian IT companies have offices in E. Europe, to cater to non-UK European markets.
                    THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                    AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                    AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                    DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                    • #11
                      LS: I can't remember. Are you located in India? Or in Europe?
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #12
                        I'm working in Washington DC right now. But "home" is in India.
                        THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                        AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                        AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                        DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                        • #13
                          Got it. I live & work in downtown D.C., so it's odd that I didn't remember.
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #14
                            Bloody danish imperialists and their stupid luck! I will never forgive them for the 41-42 game last week
                            When it all comes to it, life is nothing more than saltfish - Salka Valka

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by LordShiva


                              They call it "nearshoring." Even the Indian IT companies have offices in E. Europe, to cater to non-UK European markets.
                              Makes sense. The UK probably has....err...experience with India that other European countries lack.
                              Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
                              -Richard Dawkins

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