[harpseal]

A couple of questions.

Do you maintain political risk insurance and/or currency convertability insurance?

Have you tried hiring Amnerican programmers for the same rates you pay Russian programmers?

I have read through this entire thread and as I stated before this thread is one of the best arguments for a short term tariff on imported software. but the two questions asked aqbove are also very significant.

[Wolfie]

Just one more step down toward a Third World America. People piss and moan about illegals crossing the Mexican border to take American jobs, but outsourcers are just capitalists, so its no problem. Go figure.

[FoxPro]

Do you maintain political risk insurance and/or currency convertability insurance?

Have you tried hiring Amnerican programmers for the same rates you pay Russian programmers?

No and no. No US Java programmer is going to work for $14 per hour. And even if they did, they would probally not have a very good attitude about it.