Re: OT: 1/4 of U.S. IT Jobs Offshored by 2010

From: Vigo Breadcrumbs (vigo_at_breadcrumbbs.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:42:12 GMT

Rowdy Yates <rowdy_yates2@removethis.lycos.com> wrote in
news:Xns94BD7B95EDB25rowdyyates2123@207.46.248.16:

> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3331751
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> or
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> http://tinyurl.com/28knc
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> what can i say...
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> "this is the worst things have ever been,
> and today is as good as it's ever going to get..."

There are certainly enough "offshoring" cheerleaders who cite the
various & sundry economic benefits, but the naysayers seem particularly
nonspecific in their criticisms.

What I really wonder is why some wonky type hasn't done a clear-eyed
analysis of the potential effects of political instability in either
India or China? Neither is much of a stretch these days. If the
Islamo-fascists bump off Musharraf in Pakistan, he will be replaced by a
fundamentalist who will be openly antagonistic, if not aggressive,
towards India, and both countries have The Bomb. If Taiwan renews its
separitist rhetoric, it wouldn't be long before China lowers the boom.

I wonder what the economic impact of having one's back-office operations
in a war zone is? Hmmmm...