[Mike Darancette]

Moreover, the Indians just weren't as productive. It often took them a week to do projects that formerly could have been completed in two days here.

Take it from one who pissed $500K down the black hole of Calcutta. Any project that requires creativity and personal initiative on the part of offshore IT people is virtually undo able.

[The Duke]

Take it from one who pissed $500K down the black hole of Calcutta. Any project that requires creativity and personal initiative on the part of offshore IT people is virtually undo able.

That may be the case in India, but I must say that my own team in Latin America shows the same initiative and drive that I once associated only with guys with names like "Jobs" and "Wozniak".

[Luis Gonzalez]

I live on a block filled with programmers. They've always said the same thing, the only worthwhile thing to outsource to India at this moment is grunt work.