Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Microsoft and Walmart http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Microsoft and Walmart http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Mon, 20 May 2013 04:59:39 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 04:59:39 GMT Rev9 5 -5 -1 Coffeehouse - Microsoft and Walmart While reading a troll posting about the business practices of Microsoft....I notice that Walmart is actually a good example of thos practices in public...yet no one really complains about them (except a few people).

Why do you think there aren't really any public outburst about Walmart?

NOTE: Walmart treats employees worse than the US treated people at Abu Garib prison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/252132-Microsoft-and-Walmart/252132#252132 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:30:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/252132-Microsoft-and-Walmart/252132#252132 Cybermagellan 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Cybermagellan/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft and Walmart First off, I disagree with your statement that Wal-Mart has bad business practices.  They are a great company.

However, the fact is that you are just not aware of the public "outbursts" against Wal-Mart.  There is A LOT.  Possibly more than Microsoft.  They happen to be diffferent issues.  Pay attention to politics and you'll hear a lot about Wal-Mart.

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A May 2004 study by the Washington, DC-based Good Jobs First titled "Shopping for Subsidies: How Wal-Mart Uses Taxpayer Money to Finance Its Never Ending Growth," found that the company has siphoned more than $1 billion in economic development subsidies from state and local governments across the country.
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One of many issues with WalMart Smiley

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But to address your question, I think maybe it’s because Wal-Mart is all American. It’s about mass distribution at low costs. Its capitalism! If we start knocking on Wal-Mart, well then it would be like knocking on our selves. Who’s brave enough to take that kind of gut check? What’s harder is actually placing your self in check when the competition is already all around you.

 

I worked at Sam’s club- a chain also started by Sam Walton. It wasn’t all that bad. I thought the values they expected of their employees where good. Of course I was the janitor guy cleaning the toilets for a year. It was a job and I was great full for it!  True it would have been nice to have some medical coverage.  

 

What is the alternative?

edit- All the smilys on this page- see, this what i get when i use spell check in microsoft word and then past it to the forum? im damed if i do im damed if i dont. Wink

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It's an ironic twist of history that Walmart is now routinely putting small, local stores out of business when they move into a town...even though they started off that way themselves.

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