[Ramius]

The myth here is that you actually "exported" any jobs at all.

Those jobs didn't exist until this client found that they could get the software for a price that worked for them. Had they only had the choice of contracting with a U.S. software firm, they would not have moved on the project. The jobs wouldn't have existed anyway.

The real choice they had was to either hire you and your team, or not do the project at all.

[Ramius]

Well... isn't that odd. Posted, post failed, retyped the same thing, and now I get two.

What the...?

[RaceBannon]

The myth here is that you actually "exported" any jobs at all. Those jobs didn't exist until this client found that they could get the software for a price that worked for them. Had they only had the choice of contracting with a U.S. software firm, they would not have moved on the project. The jobs wouldn't have existed anyway. The real choice they had was to either hire you and your team, or not do the project at all.

No, they already made the choice to create the new software because they thought it would increase their revenue somehow.

Their choice WAS to hire Americans or foreigners. And they chose to outsource offshore, and keep Americans unemployed.