http://www.cringely..../bob-the-impaler/

These cuts by MS remind me of their stock buybacks - they ended up not changing the amount of stock outstanding because of them issuing stock for employee compensation. In this case, they're apparently not cutting as much as normal attrition. And Bob doesn't mention contractors....

IOW, overall it's MS being MS even though they say they're changing (though I'm sure some good people will be cut).

Cheers,
Scott.