On 12 Jun 2008 10:10:27 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pinnacle) wrote: >Actually, huge disagreement with this. The OP clearly shows that people >overseas are not as skilled (even more skilled? That's a joke). Cheaper, >sure, but you get what you pay for. Communications of the ACM (CACM) just >had a study of offshoring, and one of the dirty little secrets right now is >that wages in India are increasing, and people are jumping companies in >search of the next rupee (similar to what was going on here throughout the >80's and early 90's).
Sure, that has always happened. Textiles went from New England to the South to overseas. Cars went from the U.S. to Japan to Korea. Etc. When India becomes more expensive it's more highly skilled companies will still be useful for many combined US/Indian teams because of its location 12 hours away. (High paid skilled workers are less interested in working grave yard shift). But the lesser skilled work will be outsourced again to those who need the money enough to be willing to work for less. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
