MS in France

Posted By: pierreleclercq | Jul 7th @ 2:24 AM
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#Jul 7th @ 2:24 AM
pierreleclercq
pierreleclercq

So MS has a shiny brand new campus in France! But still no dev teams... Sad Would anyone have any idea wether they plan to open R&D facilities in France?

#Jul 7th @ 2:46 AM
Ion Todirel
Ion Todirel
buuu

Really? What is it used for?

#Jul 7th @ 2:51 AM
pierreleclercq
pierreleclercq

They have sales, support and consulting teams but no dev!

#Jul 7th @ 3:19 AM
ZippyV
ZippyV
Fired Up

Development happens in Redmond and India.

#Jul 7th @ 3:19 AM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

Same in Belgium: they have sales and consulting teams, and evangelists that organize MSDN sessions and other events, but no active developers. I think it makes sense. Why would they need developers spread all over the world? What would be the advantages?

#Jul 7th @ 4:48 AM
fatfrank
fatfrank

Also in Dublin (localisation) and Copenhagen (Dynamics).

#Jul 7th @ 6:19 AM
rhm
rhm

Because you can only hire so many good developers in each country. At some point you're just filling seats.

#Jul 7th @ 7:12 AM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo

And China. And a little in Ireland.

#Jul 7th @ 7:13 AM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo

MS Belguim employed me for a 3 day gig. It was fun.

#Jul 7th @ 8:15 AM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

Of course it was fun. You were in Belgium. Wink

What kind of gig was it? Recently or a long time ago?

#Jul 7th @ 8:16 AM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo

Only was a day trip, but 2 days prep creating a Silverlight security workshop from scratch.

#Jul 7th @ 9:38 AM
Ion Todirel
Ion Todirel
buuu

And Canada!!!! How could you forget Canada!? Smiley

#Jul 7th @ 10:45 AM
fatfrank
fatfrank

A bit more than "a little" in Ireland. It's the biggest Microsoft dev facility outside of Redmond.

#Jul 7th @ 10:53 AM
dahat
dahat

Not to mention North Dakota (Dynamics) & North Carolina (VSS & TFS IIRC).

#Jul 7th @ 10:53 AM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

It's quite understandable they don't have a dev team in France.

If we can believe “Flight of the Conchords”, France is still stuck in the 70s:

#Jul 7th @ 1:34 PM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo

I would have thought at least China beat Dublin. And maybe even India.

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