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Subject:Re: Dell brings some jobs back from India From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:17:40 -0700
<tvirostko -at- familydollar -dot- com> wrote:
> And now this is being denied???
>http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13317435
>
> Interesting... the story earlier in the week came from AP, a US news
> source, while this news item appears from a non-US source. Is anyone
> familiar with SIFY and the accuracy as a news source? Doesn't this
> information seem contradictory? Are we in the US just getting 'The spin'?
> Who do we believe? Hmmm?
Sify appears to be an Indian equivalent of Yahoo. I don't see any direct
contradictions. The previous stories I saw all mentioned that Dell wasn't
cutting staff at the Bangalore call center. The US version put a US spin on
it, the Indian version puts an Indian spin on it. So what else is new?
I was amused by two aspects of the Sify story:
-- It quoted a female at Dell India ("She said...") identified as a
"spokesperson," and then referred to "A spokesman of the Texas-based
company..." So gender-neutrality only applies to women. :-)
-- The aforementioned Dell India spokesperson seems to be conflicted about
whether to use American English (a company is a singular noun) or British
English (a company is a plural noun) : "Dell is committed to India and are
growing"
Happy Turkeyday Eve to my fellow 'murricans!
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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