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Ironically, there lies here an enormous opportunity for someone. An organization of talented people that can get its collective head around this problem and begin to see its industry, its work, and its goals in a different way will have a terrific advantage. IBM and companies like it are vulnerable.

Not sure what you agree with in this statement as it says nothing.

I am part of an ESOP IT Consulting company. The 5 of us decided early that one of our goals was to protect the business we were servicing. The Indians cannot do this today...tho they may be able to in the future. We decided we needed a blend of product and services. We have accomplished this goal...weighing toward the product side.

We have NO overhead, no debt and are privately owned with now 70 employees. We are light, fast, mobile, responsive and not greedy. We have a mix of expertise from mainframe to PC to Web. We have a mix of technical and business expertise. We generally charge rates not seen since the 80's.

No matter how much value we provide (you will usually be getting more than you asked/contracted for)..CFO's see the short-term dollar savings using Indians. It's too bad, cause when the announcement "cleanup in aisle 8" is made...if we choose to take on the assignment, the rate will be substantially more than one from the 80's

Not sure what you agree with in this statement as it says nothing.

It probably depends on your perspective. To someone working for a company in the school-girl crush phase of offshoring, it's an important and relevant statement.