[Bush2000]

Yup, just like Japan was going to take over the world 15-20 years ago... NOT!

I'm sure that people that made televisions and radios here in the United States once thought that their jobs were secure, too. IT guys will get a chance to put their jobs on the line and see whether this comes to pass ...

And what better way to help the ChiComs than to hand over our intellectual property in the form of open source...

[Reeses]

"Bill Gates has opened his Microsoft Windows kimono and revealed all to the Chinese government."

www.theinquirer.net

[RogueIsland]

IT guys will get a chance to put their jobs on the line

IT guys in India will get that chance, since by then they'll have the bulk of U.S. IT work.

[RockyMtnMan]

There is a significant difference between a line worker in a factory and a software developer. Software controls every facet of our economy from trading systems to the little voice in your kids interactive toy.

This oversupply of cheap laborers will drive intelligent designers out of the field and raise the standard of living for third world countries. I'm not sure which is worse a wealthy communist China or a tech backwater USA.

There will always be room for high-tech jobs, but unless we provide a career path that can sustain a family until the laborer can reach that point those jobs will disappear.