I am not stunned at all John, and neither should anyone else be  
either. Unlike requests members of a normal community, these requests  
are parasitic. Oh, the individuals making the requests are probably  
nice people as individuals, but the basic request is along the lines  
of "You people that used to have these jobs, please help me do you  
job, for free."

A developed country cannot compete against a developing country at  
this stage without the use of trade barriers and tarrifs, among other  
things. Just study the trade history of the U.S with Japan for an  
example of how it is supposed to work.

Trade with Canada is based upon trading with an equal trading partner,  
both sides enjoy eqaul benefit, and take equal economic risks. This is  
anything but the case with India, or with China, for that matter.

Paul


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On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:47 AM, David T Darnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Nationalism is neither bad nor evil. It is put down because it  
> conflicts with 1) the currently popular push toward international  
> communism (aka progressivism) and 2) leveling of the standard of  
> living, and thus cost of goods, across borders, for the benefit of  
> multinational corporations.
>
> Anti-nationalism is just part of the current PC propaganda.
> ------Original Message------
> From: John Dunlop
> Sender: OpenMPE Support Group
> To: [log in to unmask]
> ReplyTo: John Dunlop
> Subject: Re: Hp 3000 MPE-IX Trainner
> Sent: Mar 30, 2010 05:24
>
> Vinodh Kumar  asked :
>
>> I am Vinodh, working in a Software organization in Chennai India and
>> would like to know if there is anyone who could train us (Me and my
>> colleagues) in HP 3000 - MPE
> [snip]
>
> Janet Hiller replied :(and their were other posts in the same vein)
>> HP community, please don't do this.  It just takes away American  
>> jobs.  I
>> was just outsourced from my job of over 20 years and it was to IBM in
> India.
>> The more we teach them the more jobs we will lose.  Why do you  
>> think they
>> want to learn?????  To take away American jobs.  Please be  
>> patriotic and
>> save some jobs.  DON'T DO THIS, PLEASE!!!!
>
> What is the matter with you people?
> Where is the traditional support from the HP3000 community for others
> interested in the HP3000?
> Isn't the OpenMPE organisaton dedicated to spreading support for MPE/ 
> iX?
>
> The guy just wants to learn about the HP3000 Operating System for  
> heaven's
> sake..
>
> I would have thought that in this climate of diminishing resources  
> for the
> HP3000, the community would welcome a chance to extend knowledge of  
> MPE/iX
> to other area wherever they may be.
>
> I am stunned by the hostility shown to this guy who is just asking  
> for help.
>
> I'm ashamed by the reaction and I hope someone has the balls to  
> ignore the
> nationalistic posturing and help this guy out.
>
> Dusgusted.
>
> John Dunlop
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry