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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 06:50 PM Original message |
Dell To Save $3 Billion, Shut Austin Plant, Cut Jobs |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. More offshoring from that good repuke-Michael Dell |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. More crap made in that "Democracy" Fascist China. |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Exactly, like at Intel.. Times R tough, must layoff, all the while total employees is RISING, |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Yep. He is Such an asshole. Never buy a Dell. nt |
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liberal1973 (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Yep a repub ahole |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Please keep this kicked up |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's funny |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. So how long untill they close that plant? |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If they keep it they will "Insource" with foreign labor. Seen it before... |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fuck Dell. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. You forgot to say "Fuck Michael Dell" in addition to your excellent comment. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. ...because only money counts . . . screw Dell . . . I won't buy their products.... |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. So....who else can you buy a computer from? Isn't everybody |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Well, even if a Dell desktop is assembled in America, the parts are surely from Taiwan or Indonesia |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Nearly all the parts are coming from China now for any PC |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Allow me to add some encouragement for those who might not be convinced |
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H8fascistcons (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. No Surprise |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. What I'd like to see happen is that we close our borders to these people . .. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What would also be unique would be enforcing our monopoly laws . . . |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well.... |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Sorry but.. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It's been growing fast because.. |
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Texano78704 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. And then they left... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 04:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I'm FROM Austin. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. More bad news for Austin.... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Bullshit. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I call your Bull Shit...here's a sample... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Don't forget Lightnin' Hopkins!! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Game...set...match |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. In your wet dreams, I went to North Texas... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Ha! Another Bruceling... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Was there in BH |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Aah..before my time. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. We'll just agree to disagree.....just like brothers and sisters |
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Texano78704 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Shouldn't that be.... |
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gmpierce (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Down the drain - the American way |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Best Buy, where customers are invisible. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Didnt Gateway try that and lose |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. They tried free standing stores where they had nothing in stock. |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
65. gateway? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Excellent analysis. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Nice summary, gmpierce. |
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maddogesq (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Round Rock, rolling down hill. Oh crap. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. :( n/t |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. wow... I worked there for a bit last year as their so-called EMR-TECH position |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Here's more on it: Dell closing plant as part of 8,800 layoffs |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Part of this is the fact that desktop computers are pretty-much dead as a market segment. (NT) |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Another long stride in America's race to the bottom |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I check labels myself.... |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Damn. I see that ALL the time! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. And when we can no longer afford their cheap labor made products, what will |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. You are assuming they care about the future |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. So much for the mass migration to Austin, the perfectest place on the planet. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. Can I get some good news for once? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. Michael Dell can go straight to Hell |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Damn straight.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. 8800 AMERICAN jobs in the shitter to pay for exporting those jobs |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. Isn't Austin the founding plant for Dell? |
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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. I think so. He lives here. |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. And the stock rises on this news |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Wall Street loves layoffs: "The hell with people, show us the bottom line!" |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. So Blatantly True. n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. News Like This Makes Dow go up.... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sucks that my brother had to buy another Dell |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. The poweredge servers are very cost effective for small businesses |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. I bet the reason is that the shareholders are demanding higher returns |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. Before everyone goes on about how mean this is |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. It makes me MAD when I see more of your pro-cheap labor posts here |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. . |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Other companies with a future? |
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