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I do hope that Plurk goes to court with this. The situation was handled gracefully by Microsoft but a crucial question remains: Can you outsource to the lowest

by sfk 17y ago

I do hope that Plurk goes to court with this. The situation was handled gracefully by Microsoft but a crucial question remains: Can you outsource to the lowest bidder and expect to get back untainted code? I don't think so. Producing good original code is hard and cannot be done in sweat shops under a tight deadline. Managers at Microsoft should have known this and be held responsible for their actions. EDIT: I do not have a source for the above claims, but I would like these issues to be explored in court. Let's say I would not be surprised if they were true.

chollida1 17y ago
> Can you outsource to the lowest bidder and expect to get back untainted code? I don't think so. Producing good original code is hard and cannot be done in sweat shops under a tight deadline. Managers at Microsoft should have known this and be held responsible for their actions. Do you have a source that said Microsoft contracted out to the lowest bidder or that that bidder was a sweat shop. I haven't seen evidence of either. For all we know they hired a company that came highly recommended. The transgression doesn't give us any insight into this.