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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 6/23/2006, you wrote:
> Thank you for the information, but I fail to see your
> point.  Dell laptops don't break, therefore the tech
> support in India won't be needed?  Is that it?

They are reliable and they do break.  The trouble is that just about any 
tech support you call is off shore.  Even those companies that claim to 
have tech support here maintain off shore centers.  The latest wrinkle will 
be to locate at low wage US possessions such as Saipan.

With a combination of off shoring tech support and development and H1B 
immigrants the older US tech worker is now walking the streets or like me 
wandering around the country in a travel trailer.  I do volunteer Red Cross 
technology team and many of the people in the classes are like me, too 
young to retire but unable to find a job because they are too old.


Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up        KI6DIU
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Exactly.  That's why I would try to avoid buying from
companies that do that.  Whether it's possible or not,
that's another question.  

--- Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:


> With a combination of off shoring tech support and
> development and H1B 
> immigrants the older US tech worker is now walking
> the streets or like me 
> wandering around the country in a travel trailer.  I
> do volunteer Red Cross 
> technology team and many of the people in the
> classes are like me, too 
> young to retire but unable to find a job because
> they are too old.

.
r_s_banks AT yahoo.com

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