This is what happens when accountants take over your business. The end result is always a dumbing down of the IT processes to the point where they becomes meaningless. There is no way forward here only a series of cost reductions with associated quality losses until the entire plot is lost...

This box is kinda small also to compose a well reasoned response in, but there is another more obscure movement of opportunity from the established centers like Silicon Valley to small town mid America.

A few weeks ago the local TV said that a major call center was being setup in Conway AR. 300 jobs going to native mid-American English speakers, some of whom will have a bit of a southern drawl.

I had a talk about this today at work. It is interesting to note, that aparently while outsourcing is much cheaper to get the job done, it almost always loses the company more customers and ultimatly they loose more money than if they would have stayed in the US.

its amazing

Yes, to be honest, I do think there are more skilled people in India.

I don't think it's a dumbing down of IT processes, and I don't think there needs to be loss of quality. If you can get something done with at least the same quality in China or India, then it makes sense to do it. Businesses are about creating wealth for shareholders, if that means some functions are outsourced then that's the right thing to do.

When we talk of outsourcing to low-cost economies, we shouldn't confuse this with low-quality.

lost my job last year to brazil and losing my job this year to argentina -same company. Nice huh..........

Eventually the need would drive the software industry. If they need skilled software engineers they would look to India, If they have enough software guys in their own country then they would not !. Outsourcing only for the cost difference will soon end. Nowadays the salaries of some Indian Programmers in Some category are at par or even more than their US counterparts