[TSgt]

The outsourcing model is a failure.

I really got tired of Gartner pimping outsourcing for so many years. They are now talking about "insourcing." Isn't that just doing business the normal way?

[TChris]

I really got tired of Gartner pimping outsourcing for so many years. They are now talking about "insourcing." Isn't that just doing business the normal way?

Yeah, but what's new and exciting about THAT?

For today's managers to get excited and motivated about something, it must come with an accompanying new buzzword.

Just think of how cutting-edge you'll sound at your next party when you go on and on about the benefits of INsourcing^{TM © ®} !

[mysterio]

They are now talking about "insourcing." Isn't that just doing business the normal way?

No. The normal way is to declare American workers to be lazy and overpaid and to ship their jobs to slave labor markets.

And when those workers don't have money to buy stuff anymore?

Whoops. Guess we didn't take that into account. But cheap stuff, everybody, cheap stuff! It's cheap! /sarc

It's no surprise that we ended up where we are.