CIO Magazine On Offshore IT

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Posted by Hemos on Monday September 15, 2003 @04:05AM from the contentious-issue dept.

lpq wrote to us with a reference to the cover article from this month's CIO Magazine that talks about the off-shore movement of IT from its traditional bulwarks to the developing world. A selection from the article:" Think again. There are real costs associated with shipping your IT department (or a portion of it) overseas. Our Special Report covers the Backlash from a growing political storm as well as the Hidden Costs you should be aware of before you join the stampede overseas. "

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developing Orld? by Yo_mama · 2003-09-15 04:07 · Score: 0, Troll

Is this even farther out than India?

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Never understimate the power of human stupidity -Lazarus Long
Salaries are just way too high by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-15 04:13 · Score: -1, Troll

Sorry to have to say this, but IT workers just make way too much money, so it's only obvious that with the economy being the mess that it is, owners will look for cheaper ways to get the work done. The only thing to turn the tide for the coming year, even though it won't be a lot of fun, appears to be just to lower IT salaries significantly. Things like communication do make it worthwhile to have people doing this type of work in the US, the costs just have to be reasonable for the advantages.
I'm a conservative! (A poem) by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-15 04:41 · Score: -1, Troll

Oh, I'm a Republican
I got a small schling
I like to bomb niggahs
and make a lot o' bling

I got a bunch o' friends
in high up places
They helps me get dem
government graces.

You think I'm smart
I just know who's who
I couldn't run a fruit stand
without the red white & blue

I fancy myself
A brilliant tactician
But neither me nor m'buddies
Could even pass basic trainin'

See, I'm above all that
A fightin' and shootin'
I just say "Sic em!"
Then run the other direction

Don't need no history
Don't need no schoolin'
I got my ideology
To keep me a shootin'

Liberals! Faggots!
Commies and queers!
Socialist hippies
Full o' pussy tears!

I'll drop some crap
about Jesus the Christ
You'll buy it all
and vote for me twice

'Fact, Jesus is comin'!
Real soon, now!
So we gotta prop up Israel
That ol' sacred cow

Propaganda's m'friend
But I calls it "fact"
Even though I don't read
'Cept for Chick tracts

Facts? No! Don't need em here!
We're conservatives! We work on FEAR!
Don't like what we say?
Well FUCK YOU, bud!
We'll shove it down yer throat
and tell ya it's good!
Re:It was *always* about money savings... by thefinite · 2003-09-15 05:55 · Score: 0, Troll

I agree with you on that, and I wouldn't suggest you try. Still, I don't doubt you are an intelligent, hard-working person who can gain a new skillset that puts you in a salary range you are comfortable with. Maybe you have one already. Steel workers across the nation had to do that sort of thing. I know its not easy, but I don't doubt you are capable of it.

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Boom Shanka
Re:A convergence of opinion ocurring this time aro by scharkalvin · 2003-09-15 06:39 · Score: 0, Troll

And maybe our present 'King' (since he wasn't elected) will learn the same lesson his old man did..... I't the economy stupid!

Democrats unite .... you have an issue here to dethone the tyant!
Re:the most vocal people... by CrashPanic · 2003-09-15 06:49 · Score: 0, Troll

How horribly novel. As if a quick post on /. has to be carefully spell checked to make a valid point. All this from a moron who posts under "h4x0r-3l337". GET A LIFE ASSHOLE.

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"There's no set architecture in Linux. All roads lead to madness" -Microsoft
Re:It was never about money savings... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-15 07:05 · Score: -1, Troll

So basicly you are saying that people are lazy and don't care about each other. Hmm, welcome to Earth. These strange creatures are called humans.