-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Outsourcing perils was Re: sysprog demand in USA <snip>
The thing that has baffled me about outsourcing is how do companies actually save money since now the outsourcer includes in its costs marketing expenses and profits. <snip> I'm baffled at outsourcing to countries that are a security risk to the USofA. Countries that have a sizeable number of Islamic radicals should not be targets of outsourcing. But then, when this started I was asked, "Where you when manufacturing went out of the country?" My response then and still is, IT is the intelligence of a company. Would you outsource your brain if it were possible? Yet this is what companies are doing. Think about the intelligence possibly given to people we really don't want having it (who works for the water department in ____ -- isn't that in banking, credit card, payroll, etc. data that is offshored?). How much does the USGov't spend to get that kind of intelligence? But back to the legal issues. IP law is different and the courts that handle it are not uniform between jurisdictions (look at the US and how it must be forced to the FED courts, which aren't uniform). How many Trade Secrets have been lost (or would be if the arguments were made) because India, Malaysia, China, etc. do not have the same rules? What about patents and copyrights? Certain countries only enforce copyright for 10 years, period (they don't recognize the Mickey Mouse Copyright extensions [Actually done to protect the Disney copyrights to Mickey Mouse cartoons and the like.]). But, if you have access to all my business rules, customers, contacts, etc., why can't you start going after my customers? But, I'm just a lowly code slinger. What could I possibly know compared to someone making 10x or more than I do who dresses better and waves his/her hands in the right direction when suggesting the use of FedEx over the USPS (any body catch that little slap in the commercial referred to?)? Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
