Does Outsourcing Programming Really Save Money?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 6, 2011 @02:32AM from the by-jingo dept.

itwbennett writes "In a blog post titled 'Why I Will Never Feel Threatened by Cheap Overseas Programming', John Larson tells the story of a startup that shipped its initial programming to India, paying $14 per hour, with predictably disastrous results. Larson concludes: 'I have yet to see a project done overseas at that sort of hourly rate that has actually gone well.' But in this not-uncommon tale of outsourcing woe, is the problem really with the programming or with unrealistic expectations?" The comments on Larson's blog post (originally titled "Why I Will Never Feel Threatened by Programmers in India") seem to me more valuable than the post itself.

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Re:You get what you pay for by 1s44c · 2011-12-06 03:17 · Score: -1, Troll

MS already has a development center in India
Actually if they DO move to India, Linux will be dead cause Windows licences will cost $20 instead of $200
Remember, salaries for equivalent positions in India are significantly lower
Salaries are lower but quality sucks. If windows gets any worse it will not even boot.