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		NikkiA on Dec 17, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plurk’s official response to Microsoft’s apology Lets also remember that that is the 2nd time in 6 months MS has been caught out on this kind of thing, and the 2nd time they've used the 'but a contractor...' excuse...

dangrossman on Dec 18, 2009 [–]

When your company hires some 30,000 contractors a year, using that "excuse" twice seems quite legitimate.

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