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Outsourcing Evolving

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the onward-and-outward dept.

Shree writes "An article at NYTimes suggests that the outsourcing mantra is shifting to reasons of hiring global talent, tapping new potential minds and amassing top global human resources. Its not just software companies trying to save a buck by outsourcing; now its about Berkely trying to hookup with Tsinghua University and institutes in India, and companies like IBM and Microsoft looking to setup R&D labs in Asia."

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  1. No, it was DESIGNED! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DESIGNED i tells ya!

  2. Relation to IP by argoff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is really another reason why copyrights and patents are so harmfull. The US has a big technology sector, but pretty soon the world's will be way bigger. By upholding copyrights and patents, we will eventually lock ourselves out from innovation and progress all over the world. IMHO, the copyright system is already dead and will probably formally be so betime it becomes an issue, the patent system though - I worry that it will be too late. Just like false physically coerced property rights like slavery in the industrial era only died after great violence, patents will likely die a hideous death.