Among the advantages of outsourcing to Indian Software consultants are:
Low cost of quality programming labour. A well-trained Indian software engineer costs a fraction of a US engineer with the same skills. In India, an entry-level programmer's salary ranges from $2 000- $5 000 per year compared with $50 000- $60 000 in the US.
Advanced telecommunication set-up. High-speed datacom links - there are about 500 in the country - connect Indian software companies to their customers worldwide.
Universal spread of the English language. All higher education in India is in English. India has the second-largest English speaking scientific manpower pool in the world behind the US.
Pragmatic governmental policies. The Indian government provides incentives for software companies geared towards exporting their software development abroad. These companies benefit from duty free hardware imports and tax holidays, among other things.
High growth of computer educationIndian institutions are producing 55 000 students a year.
"Bridge programmes" provide computer and software education to professionals with other engineering and science degrees.
Software technology parks. Software Technology Parks of India is an autonomous organisation which provides infrastructure assistance and communication links. These centres get duty free import, income tax exemptions, dedicated high speed data communication links and single window government clearances.
But I guess if you don't want to outsource to an Indian software consultant and still save money, you can always hire a high school kid to hack something up for you.
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I think Bender was built from Windows judging by his character traits listed here, and here.
Yeah, I'd stick to Mozilla on Linux. My comment was only meant for those looking for a fast, compliant browser on Windows.
Give Opera 7.0 a try, its as fast IE on Windows, if not faster. Its not dubbed Fastest Browser on Earth for nothing.
- Low cost of quality programming labour. A well-trained Indian software engineer costs a fraction of a US engineer with the same skills. In India, an entry-level programmer's salary ranges from $2 000- $5 000 per year compared with $50 000- $60 000 in the US.
- Advanced telecommunication set-up. High-speed datacom links - there are about 500 in the country - connect Indian software companies to their customers worldwide.
- Universal spread of the English language. All higher education in India is in English. India has the second-largest English speaking scientific manpower pool in the world behind the US.
- Pragmatic governmental policies. The Indian government provides incentives for software companies geared towards exporting their software development abroad. These companies benefit from duty free hardware imports and tax holidays, among other things.
- High growth of computer educationIndian institutions are producing 55 000 students a year.
"Bridge programmes" provide computer and software education to professionals with other engineering and science degrees.
- Software technology parks. Software Technology Parks of India is an autonomous organisation which provides infrastructure assistance and communication links. These centres get duty free import, income tax exemptions, dedicated high speed data communication links and single window government clearances.
But I guess if you don't want to outsource to an Indian software consultant and still save money, you can always hire a high school kid to hack something up for you.got my heart racing with only 8 bits 8 bits...or 8 tits??
M$ has lowered prices of some of its games as a result of an increase in losses and moves to lower prices by competitors according to this CNN article
They weren't allowed to use Google..instead they used eglooG. How'd they come up with such a wierd name? Who knows.
Well the reason the comic shop guy said that is that he had a cardiac episode (heart attack), thus the phrase "Worst episode ever".