Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Microsoft Denies Outsourcing Longhorn

Reuters.com reports Microsoft denied reports that is was outsourcing development of its next version of Windows to contractors in India.

"Stacy Drake, a Microsoft spokeswoman, denied that development work on Longhorn was being outsourced to India, saying that only some testing work related to the next generation Windows operating system was being contracted to outside partners in India."

"Other tasks, such as tools for migrating computer systems from the current version of Windows to Longhorn were also being outsourced to partners in India, but core Windows development work would remain in-house, Drake said. 'The development work for Longhorn will be done only by Microsoft employees,' she said."

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