if people overseas can do it cheaper, and maybe even better, WE HAVE TO LET THEM. If we don't, then some day they'll come along and simply overpower us, because they -aren't- stagnant.
You know what? This is absolutely not true. There are literally millions of software developers in India having their income coming entirely from US. If offshoring stops, they will change their profession. Because India itself needs only a small fraction of those millions, and this small fraction will work on some proprietory systems. And the rest of them will have to change they profession, because they won't be able to find software jobs anymore.
So the bottom line is: they may overpower us only if we don't stop outsourcing. They have no chance on their own. We are feeding our foe, which seems to become a habit already.
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if people overseas can do it cheaper, and maybe even better, WE HAVE TO LET THEM. If we don't, then some day they'll come along and simply overpower us, because they -aren't- stagnant.
You know what? This is absolutely not true. There are literally millions of software developers in India having their income coming entirely from US. If offshoring stops, they will change their profession. Because India itself needs only a small fraction of those millions, and this small fraction will work on some proprietory systems. And the rest of them will have to change they profession, because they won't be able to find software jobs anymore.
So the bottom line is: they may overpower us only if we don't stop outsourcing. They have no chance on their own. We are feeding our foe, which seems to become a habit already.