No talent in the Philippines? –

No talent in the Philippines?

Posted on August 18th, 2005 by Sacha Chua
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SpecOps Labs thinks there’s not enough IT talent in the Philippines.

What a totally bogus excuse. You have no idea how angry that makes me.
I’m going to rant about it at length today, but I’m going to post this
in advance so that you can respond on your own blogs. E-mail me or use
the feedback form so that I can link to your entry.

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