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   From: trminlxGARBAGE@bitstreamnet.com   
      
   Stealing my bosses copy of Information Week (he's out of town and won't   
   miss it) I ran across a rather interesting article regarding the   
   outsourcing of IT and other Data Entry jobs to Indian firms.   
      
   Most companies site that it's much cheaper labor and it is. Several   
   companies see the advantage of going to a vendor for many of their basic   
   needs thus reducing in house costs and overhead in both personel and in   
   the cold room.   
      
   But companies like SunMicro who produce the hardware and software aren't   
   as happy. There is a big push to make servers do more for cheaper to try   
   and entice the companies to stop out sourcing and bring it back in house.   
      
   I don't believe for a minute SunMicro gives a crap about where the jobs   
   are, but their bottom line is also affected everytime a company goes to   
   an outsourcing center, that's one less customer buying servers and   
   software from them. I believe that our corporate need to go cheaper and   
   cheaper will find itself in a bind fairly soon .. realizing that they've   
   integrated the various sectors so much in the last decade that they   
   almost have to keep things in house so they don't collapse an entire   
   section and then take themselves with it once the dust settles.   
      
   (note: SunMicro was simply the main company mentioned in the article   
   regarding why many parts of the tech industry are as unhappy about the   
   move to India as the IT people who got laid off).   
      
      
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