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    Posted: Jan/02/2009 at 12:31pm
Wow this is sad.
 
It looks like it has not been publically announced yet but internally Microsoft is telling its staff they will be looking at a 17% reduction worldwide starting January 15.
 
And from some accounts that’s around 15,000 employees.
 
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11142&Itemid=38
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Glad most of this will be in Euroee and Africa.
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poor Microsoft, I wonder how much money Bill Gates still has after these terrible times. 
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