Microsoft Software Dev Center to Open in Canada

Microsoft is extending its software development activities across international borders again, following a pattern it set with development centers in Ireland, Denmark, and Israel, and research centers in the U.K., India, and China. But not as far this time around, because the new software development center Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Microsoft Canada Development Centre will open in the fall of 2007 and will be home to software developers from around the world.

The "why?" ought to be obvious: The Vancouver area is close to Microsoft’s corporate offices in Redmond, Washington and allows the company to recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by immigration issues in the U.S.

"Microsoft is a global company, and our greatest asset is smart, talented, highly skilled people," said S. Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft. "Our goal as a company is to attract the next generation of leading software developers from all parts of the world, and this center will be a beacon for some of that talent."

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