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Subject:Re: Basic questions on technical writing From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:44:07 -0700
Guy K. Haas wrote:
> AND you provide income for programmers (and perhaps writers?) in India
> because Adobe has offshored the FrameMaker work:
>
> India Times (New Delhi), Nov. 28, 2002 -- Multi-National Companies Firms
> in Queue Up for India
>
> ... "Take the $1.6 billion graphics software maker Adobe, for instance.
> It started off its India development centres six years ago. Today, the
> company develops its globally best-selling software 'Framemaker'
> completely out of India, besides other cutting-edge research. The
> company has just moved into a $10-million, 370-engineer facility in
> Noida complete with tennis courts and a gym. And to top it all, the
> company is planning to increase its 150-strong staff strength by around
> 50% to 225 within the next six months."
Wow, the FM development team is going to grow by 50%! That's great news!
Sounds like Adobe has big plans for FM8. :-)
Richard
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Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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