Locked: Microsoft To Lay Off 1,500 In California; 200 In L.A.

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colonelstubbs on 09 December 2008

Even microsoft cant escape the economic depression!

I hope my 360 doesn't RRoD

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JaggedSac on 09 December 2008

C8 said:

RPG said:

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/layoffs/exclusive_microsoft_to_lay_off_1500_in_california_200_in_la_102788.asp?c=rss

Oh noes, MS is doomed! Rare being sold to Nintendo confirmed?

Just so you know.........sarcasm -_-

What kind of messed up reporting is this? CEO Jerry Yang??!?!?

Yahoo is cutting 1500 jobs, not Microsoft.

This article is a jumbled mess. Either they are not reffering to M$ cutting jobs, or they are not reffering to an e-mail from Jerry Yang.

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darthdevidem01 on 09 December 2008

The article actually mentions "Yahoo executives have nothing to worry"

So the TITLE of the article IS a type then

All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

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rhisc on 09 December 2008

The story looks similar to this but it is referring to Yahoo.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will tell 1,500 employees on Wednesday they are losing their jobs, after announcing in October that layoffs would occur by year's end, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

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RPG on 09 December 2008

dammit, N4G is such bullshit.

How do I edit the title?

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JaggedSac on 09 December 2008

RPG said:
dammit, N4G is such bullshit.

How do I edit the title?

LOL. Maybe you should read before you link.

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jasonnc80 on 09 December 2008

RPG said:
dammit, N4G is such bullshit.

Not your fault but I'm surprised more people haven't realized this by now.

If somebody sites an article from there as a source it's should instanly be taken with a HUGE grain of salt. As this so easily shows.


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Snuffbox on 09 December 2008

RPG said:

..worldwide, MS losing 1700 just in 2 areas in the US :O

Is that supposed to be a tit for tat with the tremendous layoffs at Sony? I mean, it'd be great if the article actually made sense. It's like the OP tried to find an "A-ha!" moment just for the sake of marginalizing the Sony news.

It's like the Sony fanboys were in a rush to find some news that Microsoft was suffering as much as Sony financially. It leads to posts like this.

Lesson: read beyond the headline once in a while. I know you were excited to post it and revel in the fact that people were fired from MS too, but slow down. You'll get embarrassed.