[Dominic Harr]

This isn't rocket science.

This nearly is, actually.

Making software isn't like making shoes. These off-shore companies are *not* able to compete with me, period. The evidence is all around us in failed projects. That is becoming very, very clear. Yes, it's cheaper, short term -- because you don't get what you ordered.

Short-term gain for management, long-term pain for the company.

Works for me. Now that the stampede back on-shore is beginnning, I like my position.

[Bush2000]

These off-shore companies are *not* able to compete with me, period. The evidence is all around us in failed projects. That is becoming very, very clear. Yes, it's cheaper, short term -- because you don't get what you ordered. Short-term gain for management, long-term pain for the company. Works for me. Now that the stampede back on-shore is beginning, I like my position.

This so-called "stampede back on-shore" is a fantasy of yours, Harr. If anything, outsourcing is (sadly) accelerating:

More IT firms look overseas to cut costs

"Market research firm Giga Information Group is forecasting a boom in overseas outsourcing for the U.S. information technology industry. The research firm predicts IT outsourcing to India will grow by 25 percent this year, as companies seek to cut costs and improve quality. IT outsourcing is when a company farms out certain IT operations such as software development or data center management to another company.

Giga expects that companies will demand some portion of work be done in a foreign country in almost every major outsourcing deal during 2003.

[Bush2000]

Here's another article dated 24 December that further illustrates my point:

More and more tech jobs head overseas

Don't get me wrong: I'm not applauding or gloating or laughing about the loss of jobs. Quite the opposite, actually. But I also don't believe we should delude ourselves about what's happening -- something that you seem to be content to do.