Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

Seattle, Jan 31, 2007

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has concluded its
purchase of C-Mapo, a leading provider of digital marine cartography,
data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a
part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.

(gratuitous puffery and standard press release quotes from highly
placed officials deleted)

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
Seattle, Jan 31, 2007

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has concluded its
purchase of C-Mapo, a leading provider of digital marine cartography,
data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a
part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.

(gratuitous puffery and standard press release quotes from highly
placed officials deleted)


That's kinda good news. Jeppesen has been around for a long time, supplying
charts and electronics to the aviation crowd, private and commercial.

Eisboch

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
Seattle, Jan 31, 2007

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has concluded its
purchase of C-Mapo, a leading provider of digital marine cartography,
data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a
part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.

(gratuitous puffery and standard press release quotes from highly
placed officials deleted)


Great. Maybe they'll make the products flammable, like their jets.

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
On 1/31/2007 3:05 PM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
Seattle, Jan 31, 2007

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has concluded its
purchase of C-Mapo, a leading provider of digital marine cartography,
data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a
part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.

(gratuitous puffery and standard press release quotes from highly
placed officials deleted)


Great. Maybe they'll make the products flammable, like their jets.


They'll be moving development from Italy and tech support from
Massachusetts to Bangladore, where the "help," which cannot really speak
English, will read off of scripts through lousy IP telephone connections.


.....with waxed paper wrapped around their mouthpieces. :-)

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


That really bugs me. I speak perfect, unaccented English, but I sometimes
work with a lot of people who do not, typically immigrants whose native
language is Spanish, or older contractors whose first language is Italian
or Polish or German, and damn it if they don't work hard at learning our
language and our idioms so they can be understood. But so many of these
so-called English-speaking "tech" folks in India aren't even close to
speaking "English as she is spoke." Tech support,
my a**.


Looks like learning Hindi wouldn't help .....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...uages_of_India

Eisboch

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


That really bugs me. I speak perfect, unaccented English, but I sometimes
work with a lot of people who do not, typically immigrants whose native
language is Spanish, or older contractors whose first language is Italian
or Polish or German, and damn it if they don't work hard at learning our
language and our idioms so they can be understood. But so many of these
so-called English-speaking "tech" folks in India aren't even close to
speaking "English as she is spoke." Tech support,
my a**.


Looks like learning Hindi wouldn't help .....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...uages_of_India

Eisboch


Cripes...that's worse than the language assortment in Manhattan.

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/31/2007 3:05 PM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
Seattle, Jan 31, 2007

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has concluded its
purchase of C-Mapo, a leading provider of digital marine cartography,
data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a
part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.

(gratuitous puffery and standard press release quotes from highly
placed officials deleted)


Great. Maybe they'll make the products flammable, like their jets.



They'll be moving development from Italy and tech support from
Massachusetts to Bangladore, where the "help," which cannot really speak
English, will read off of scripts through lousy IP telephone connections.


All in an effort to increase the profits of the companies that union
pension funds "invest" in so that their members can eventually retire.

Just in on the fax: Boeing buys C-Map
 

Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/31/2007 3:27 PM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
On 1/31/2007 3:05 PM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
Seattle, Jan 31, 2007

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has concluded its
purchase of C-Mapo, a leading provider of digital marine cartography,
data services, and other navigational information. C-Map will become a
part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.

(gratuitous puffery and standard press release quotes from highly
placed officials deleted)

Great. Maybe they'll make the products flammable, like their jets.

They'll be moving development from Italy and tech support from
Massachusetts to Bangladore, where the "help," which cannot really
speak English, will read off of scripts through lousy IP telephone
connections.


....with waxed paper wrapped around their mouthpieces. :-)



That really bugs me. I speak perfect, unaccented English, but I
sometimes work with a lot of people who do not, typically immigrants
whose native language is Spanish, or older contractors whose first
language is Italian or Polish or German, and damn it if they don't work
hard at learning our language and our idioms so they can be understood.
But so many of these so-called English-speaking "tech" folks in India
aren't even close to speaking "English as she is spoke." Tech support,
my a**.

India has two official languages, Hindi and English.