Andy Grove Speaks out on Offshore Outsourcing

molarmass192 writes "Andy Grove, of Intel fame, "spoke out" at a recent technology summit in Washington about the current trend towards offshore outsourcing and how it's causing the US to slowly but surely lose its edge in the tech sector. He states plainly that the US government must step in to restore balance between the need for profits and the lure of offshore outsourcing. There are also pokes at the patent system and slow adoption of broadband internet access. An interesting insight into what's going on inside the heads of the US's tech leaders."

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Outsourcing a result of open source.

[duffbeer703]

Ever wonder why all the sudden third-world shitholes are becoming technological power houses?

One of the big reasons is the proliferation of "Free" software.

Twenty years ago, a university in India or Pakistan would have a tough time gathering the cash to have IBM or Sun come in and deliver computer systems & software.

Today, anybody can run Linux and use gcc, vi, emacs, etc on new & cheap or secondhand & cheaper hardware. So now every smart kid with the resources to attend a university in India is in that university studying an IT-related field.

Richard Stallman and other "Free" software advocates like to talk about how freedom allows any software developer to do whatever he wants. When you are a US programmer making US$80,000/year to twiddle bits, you should be afraid of allowing "any" programmer learning how to do what you do.