Did Gates Fib About H1-B Salaries?

netbuzz writes "While in Washington last year lobbying for higher H1-B visa limits, Bill Gates told David Broder of the Washington Post that Microsoft starts such workers at about $100,000. An analysis by one offshoring critic suggests that's not true. If his analysis is correct, it would undermine part of the case for lifting H1-B ceilings.

compuglobalmegahypernet

[cpearson]

Wouldn't it be easier for microsft to move to India than to move India here?

Vista Help Forum [vistahelpforum.com]

Let's be fair, here:

[Vengeance]

Face facts: To Bill Gates, 10K a year IS pretty close to 100K. Sheerest poverty.

Well duh

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Of course Bill wants to import workers so he can pay them the same money he'd have to pay native-born workers. Duh!

Re:compuglobalmegahypernet

[SpaceLifeForm]

So, the *lack* of regulation of Microsoft in the U.S. is really the problem.

Re:Let's be fair, here:

[Intron]

The figure of $100000 was correct. It's in binary.

Re:compuglobalmegahypernet

[slashbob22]

It is much easier for India to move here than vice-versa.

I'll get the tug boat.

Re:Say It Ain't So, Bill!

[kimvette]

No kidding. I'm shocked -- shocked that Microsoft execs would lie about anything like this.

Now I wonder about Vista - will it really rock my world? Is it really more secure than Linux? Now I'm not so sure Microsoft was telling the truth about that either. ;)

Re:Say It Ain't So, Bill!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Now I wonder about Vista - will it really rock my world?"

If by 'rock' you mean a short form of 'rock and roll' which was a euphamism for sex, then yeah, you're f**ked

Re:Let's be fair, here:

[idontgno]

What he actually meant was "64K ought to be enough for anybody"

Re:Say It Ain't So, Bill!

[TheRaven64]

will it really rock my world?

From a subjective standpoint, your world rocks if you stand on an unstable platform. So, I think the answer to that might be 'yes.'

Re:Say It Ain't So, Bill!

[HomelessInLaJolla]

> shocked that ... execs would lie about anything like this

<insert well-known HomelessinLaJolla typical political spiel here>

Even I am beginning to grow weary of reading about the thousands of different ways in which the population is being controlled by one single issue: debt.

What we need is a really messy revolution. Automobiles can be restored from scratch. I can build Linux from scratch [linuxfromscratch.org] since about version 2.2. I've dissected and analyzed the inner working of world politics for six or seven years.

I'll be more than happy to restructure this world properly. It'd really be very simple: quit letting the landlords play golf with the people who dictate the salaries.

It supports.....

[Capt James McCarthy]

Those MCSE commercials I hear all the time...

Gates's Response

[travdaddy]

Bill Gates responded by saying, "I always tell the truth... even when I lie."

Re:Say It Ain't So, Bill!

[jacksonj04]

Vista made me go "Wow". I went "Wow, I've gotta get me a Mac".

Re:Well duh

[aclute]

I was the best programmer in my graduating undergrad class

The tallest midget in the circus is still a midget.