A labor group revealed that Microsoft's work out of the next generation of operating systems to India.
Science and Technology Workers Washtech 28, said that the Microsoft internal document obtained by the organization showed that at least two India's overseas companies were carrying the next-generation operating system, "one of the relevant works of Longhorn. One file indicates in Infosys Technologies in India. A contract is signed as "Longhorn Migration Guide".
Washtech and said that Microsoft hired more than 1,000 people through the contractor in India. The organization's statement pointed out that the advocate of high-tech industries and outsourcing has shown that next-generation technology will always be completed by US employees, low-end and examples The follow-up work of the line was conducted overseas. "" These documents are obviously violated by the belief and showing Indian companies to compete with US employees to develop the next-generation technology related to the United States. "
Microsoft denied that the important part of the future operating system Longhorn was carried out by a third party, but refused to comment on the number of employees assigned to the company. Microsoft spokesperson STACY DRAKE said: "Our core technology is developed, our intellectual property is completed by Microsoft's employees."
Drake also emphasized that most of the company's "core" development work is implemented by US employees. In the past year, outsourcing, which is a country that will work out to low wages such as India or Philippines, and have become a hot topic. This practitioner - including the Chief Economic Consultant of President Bush - claims that this will ultimately help the US economy. However, critics believe that American labor threatens the long-term scientific leadership in the country. The actual scale of outsourcing works is still unclear.
The documents referred to Washtech include Microsoft's contacts in India, with indirect employment employees, Microsoft and Wipro and Satyam Computer Services, etc. Contracts, as well as the contract for Microsoft and India, such as Infosys, WiPro, and Satyam. Among them, with WiPro's contract indicates two LONGHORN test work.
Microsoft spokesperson Drake said that the company has a business and India's technology service company, but she refused to point out a clear plan name. She said "test is not a development work", and the so-called "Migration Guide" does not involve an important part of the Longhorn operating system, but a way to move from other technologies to Longhorn.
WiPro and Satyam have not released comments, in Infosys indicated that the company "did not comment the details of the customer contract".
Drake said that Microsoft has about 1,000 employees in India, with approximately 57,100 employees. The company plans to hire 7,000 in the year, of which 3,000 new work will be located in Raymond, Washington.
