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The scum of overseas software outsourcing

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Having been in the software outsourcing industry for a few good years, I’ve seen a lot, and honestly I would think twice before I outsource a project to a company that’s located outside of my country.
I used to work with a large number of clients and lately the only type of service I had time […]

How to submit business proposals to Microsoft

Friday, May 12th, 2006

I just learned from Frank Arrigo blog that Microsoft has a tool to help you submit business proposals and opportunities to Microsoft Corp.
You can submit your proposal or suggestion to Microsoft at
https://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/proposals/welcome.aspx
and you will receive a response from a business development professional within 15 days.

Average wages for programmers

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

An interesting study shows that the average wage of a C# programmer - $45.77 / hour - is higher than the one of a senior scientist: $43.76.
Information Technology is a profitable career, programmers and system administrators are neither overpaid, nor underpaid, I consider the wages to be fair. The wage comparison with that of a […]

Bill Gates says IBM is his biggest competitor

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

In an interview today, Bill Gates says IBM is Microsoft’s biggest competitor:
“The biggest company in the computer industry by far is IBM.”
“They have the four times the employees that I have, way more revenues than I have. IBM has always been our biggest competitor. The press just doesn’t like to write about IBM.”