[RFT1]

It is a short term view, wantying to get an increase in profit in the most rapid manner possible. The sad thing is though, in the long term, it rots the viability of US based companies to compete because eventually, foreign workers leave to start up their own firms, with the profits not going to US based shareholders, but foreign shareholers.

[ottothedog]

I don't think that long term that it will be used as a cost cutting mechanism. Take a look at the article that I linked to above that showed the cost saving are not that great. Companies will have engineering teams around the globe to take advantage of the global talent pool, and to cater to specific markets. I just kinda randomly picked this one out, but how about this:

http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?co=xtoymotx