[mpreston]

Actually desktop support and LAN admin can be done from remote sites. In fact this is the latest technology development for both OS and storage support.

Telling companies who they can and cannot hire doesn't solve the problem. The root cause is economic competitiveness in the form or taxes and wages. US wages will come down as a result of competition but foriegn wages must come up to levels that enable American workers to compete. Discussions should be along those lines or further job moves offshore will happen.

[riri]

The root cause is economic competitiveness in the form or taxes and wages. US wages will come down as a result of competition but foriegn wages must come up to levels that enable American workers to compete

Wouldn't that take decades, if possible?

Optimistic reports I have read say that only 20% of China's population can expect to join the consumer class in the next 20 years. That still leaves hundreds of millions of people willing to work for less than a thousand dollars a year.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Actually desktop support and LAN admin can be done from remote sites.

Maybe so, but there are some things that just cannot be done from remote control- hard drives crash, printers die, monitors need to be fixed. Plus, being able to provide such remote support may end up costing more than an on-site tech. You need to provide a high speed connection to the network, long distance phone calls would have to be made... I'm not saying you can't do a lot of administrative work using VNC or SAN, but all in all, I think most IT departments would see exporting admin and desktop support positions as more expensive than hiring a recent CS grad here in America. Regardless, this is still good news, and a step in the right direction...

[itsahoot]

The root cause is economic competitiveness in the form or taxes and wages.

Sure it is, greed has nothing to do with it.