>>>2010 Information Worker Demonstration Virtual Machine (Beta) is now avail for download...
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>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0c51819b-3d40-435c-a103-a5481fe0a0d2
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>>I misread your title and thought this was some sort of virtual industrial action.
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>There are no more workers. There are associates - like in Walmart, where they just go to socialize. Or employees, or {any other euphemism}.
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>Declaring word "worker" as politically wrong, and replacing it with other politically corrected expressions, happened while I was en route, so I don't know the details.
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>Also, when was "wrong" replaced with "incorrect"?


Some firms do seem to have a genuine desire to treate their employees reasonable well. John Lewis in the UK refer to them all as partners and seem to treat them quite well.