02-24-2003, 11:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Dell Moving IT and R&D to Taiwan
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article1.asp?datePublish=2003/02/19&pages=04&seq=17
"Dell Computer, one of the biggest PC makers, plans to move a significant part of its IT product research and development unit from its Austin, Texas headquarters to its Taiwan Design Center (TDC), a Dell Taiwan source told DigiTimes."
Ouch. The sheer job count isn't high - less than 100 people. However, that is still some unpleasant job cuts as moves are made overseas where wages and benefits are well below those in the US. It seems to cover just about everything Dell makes, from from servers and switches to laptops and PDAs.
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02-24-2003, 11:05 PM
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Philosopher
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boycott :?: :?
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02-24-2003, 11:12 PM
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Sage
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Originally Posted by Kaber
boycott :?: :?
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Definately! Instead of a Dell I'm buying American and getting a Toshiba! :lol:
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02-24-2003, 11:15 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2003
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AKA Taiwan? Had to happen sooner or later given Michael Dell's professed desire to remove every extra penny from the process of supplying cheap computers.
Can't have sub-$200 Pocket PC and sub-$300 servers and make Wall Street happy for too long before you have to do something like this.
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02-24-2003, 11:18 PM
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Intellectual
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B e n e f i t s ????? In the US?????????
I didn't know you guys had any :wink:
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02-24-2003, 11:24 PM
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Pupil
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I think that should be illegal. If not, it's at least un-American! :evil:
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02-24-2003, 11:26 PM
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Philosopher
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Dodd
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Originally Posted by Kaber
boycott :?: :?
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Definately! Instead of a Dell I'm buying American and getting a Toshiba! :lol: |
Good one! :lol:
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02-24-2003, 11:33 PM
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Swami
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Originally Posted by xendula
B e n e f i t s ????? In the US?????????
I didn't know you guys had any :wink:
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Nasty. :twisted: Behave! :wink:
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02-24-2003, 11:34 PM
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Pontificator
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Ain't the motive of more for less great? Ya just gotta admire the capitalist ethos. Makes for a great life for everyone, with prosperity, stability, freedom... the freedom to look for a McJob, that is. If Wll Street and other stock exchange monoliths are allowed to continue their dictation of how the world is run for another 100 years, I predict a clear division between rich and poor of about 1/100,000,000, with the average annual income (in 2003 equivalent $) of about $500. Kinda makes me relieved that I'm 41 already. With the average age of death in my family of about 85, I don't expect to starve too badly before I go. And hey, computers will only cost $50! (oh, right, when I'm 85, that'll be a couple of months' income... sigh)
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02-24-2003, 11:36 PM
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Intellectual
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Originally Posted by PDA Gerbil
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Originally Posted by xendula
B e n e f i t s ????? In the US?????????
I didn't know you guys had any :wink:
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Nasty. :twisted: Behave! :wink: |
Sorry, just couldn't help it! 
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