inlinefordecade

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   by inlinefordecade 9y ago

   It is good that other companies are catching up. But, MSFT got the AWICA and AC-21 acts passed decades ago, which directly resulted in indentured servitude. MSFT lobbyists are the founders and architects of the "indentured servitude&q
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   by inlinefordecade 9y ago

   Please see my response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14144354
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   by inlinefordecade 9y ago

   MSFT has the biggest lobbying presence in DC and all tech companies follow MSFT's lead. The history is that during Bill Clinton's Presidency (in the 1990's), there was an attempt to split MSFT up into 3 because of alleged mon
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   by inlinefordecade 9y ago

   It is not about the salary. Real incentive with H1-B is you get "indenture servants", as long as that incentive is in place the abuse will continue.
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   by inlinefordecade 9y ago

   To me it appears TCS and Infosys are being made the fall guys to keep the existing system of Indentured servitude in place for another decade or more. [edit:] Real villain is Microsoft, which has the largest lobbyists machine among the soft