[ale] OT: more info on where all the jobs are (going...)

[Marvin Dickens]

On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:43:19 -0500 (EST)
"J.M. Taylor" <jtaylor at onlinea.com> wrote the following:

> Geoffrey said:
> > I've been on the
> > receiving end of software produced overseas as well as by contractors
> > who can't even verbally communicate.  The code works, but sucks.  It's
> > not well written, it's not documented (if they don't have a command of
> > the language, they can't speak OR write it).

Look, there is a lot that can happen in this year alone much less 3 to 5 years from now. The fact is that everday the world is becoming less stable politically and economically. This is true for the US as well as Europe and Asia. Think about it like this: If the US is 1 % more politically and economically unstable today than it was 5 years ago equates to a  50% rise in instability in emmerging third world nations (Like India and Russia). As a CEO or member of a board, would you bet your future in outsourcing IT into countries that are seriously unstable? I think not... 

My point is that all of the talking heads (Like the Gardner Group...) making predictions regarding overseas outsourcing are not taking into account the rising instability of all nations and especially the fast rising instability of emmerging third world nations. It's not gonna happen as fast or as pervasive as they predict.

Best

Marvin Dickens
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