Pros and Cons of Tech Offshoring?

An anonymous reader asks: "There's an interesting analysis of tech offshoring at the moment posted on Membox. It looks at the pros and cons of the practice in two separate articles. Since this is a big issue in tech at the moment, it's good to see the arguments on each side given so clearly. What effect do Slashdot readers think offshoring is having on the industry?"

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Re:Long term...

[davecb]

Henry Ford noticed this problem, and started the rise of Detroit by building a car that his own factory workers could afford to buy.

Previously cars were expensive enough that the rich bought them. Now with Fords, anyone could buy them, and the number sold skyrocketed.

--dave

Some informed opinion

[Otter]

If you're interested in some fact-based analysis of this issue (as opposed to the argument-from-first-principles of the Membox pieces and *shudder* whatever the Slashbots will come up with):

Daniel Drezner has some interesting analysis on his site. His linked articles, especially the Foreign Affairs one, are also good.

I, by the way, am pretty agnostic on this issue, and linked to only one side because it's the only good discussion I've seen. (As opposed to, say, Lou Dobbs using an hour of CNN every night to rant about evil Mexicans.) I'd welcome similar links on the anti- side.