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Not true...
It's always easy to pretend that Indian tech workers are poor, defenseless beasts chained to desks and working for scraps. The reality is they are very rich by local standards, and are MORE likely to value family time because, like other nations with 1000s of years of cultural history on the same patch of land, families are all in the immediate area. The typical American, in contrast, often lives far away from family, and besides, we are a nation of immigrants and thus more individualisic.

So, no, they aren't going to get MORE work out of the typical Indian. They might get cheaper, though there are costs associated with outsourcing as well, particularly for a first run product where you need the ability to dynamically respond to changed requirements - something local teams do well and remote teams do less well.
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The solution for these companies...  Stellardyne | 03/08/05
Not true...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/05
sweatshops  Dave F_z | 03/08/05
My experience...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/05
What branch of service John?  Squawkbox | 03/08/05
Like I said...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/05
Define Crying Shame...  BitTwiddler | 03/09/05
Having worked with INFOSYS on a large project.  maxo_z | 03/09/05
re: solution  jdahs@... | 03/08/05
Wanna bet?  Squawkbox | 03/08/05
Logical problem  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/05
Very small concession on my part  Squawkbox | 03/09/05
Not true for experienced workers.  maxo_z | 03/09/05
And at the peak...  John Le'Brecage | 03/09/05
Clarification...  John Le'Brecage | 03/09/05
I met a Indian worker here  voska | 03/09/05
Voska....see my response below. I missed ya but it is to you.  Laff | 03/09/05
A little bit of this and the outsourcing to India will stop.  Squawkbox | 03/08/05
On that note...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/05
Rubbish  seosamh_z | 03/09/05
no kidding  JasonL31 | 03/09/05
STOCK OPTIONS have EVERYTHING to do with outsourcing!  Laff | 03/09/05
Only because I'm bored  Squawkbox | 03/09/05
Little bit of a difference.  maxo_z | 03/09/05
And your point is empty  Nullifidian | 03/10/05
Lets bring this back on topic  voska | 03/09/05
Ding Ding Ding We have a winner  Squawkbox | 03/09/05
Agreed..  Patrick Jones | 03/09/05
Not bad so far  FilledOut | 03/09/05
It is interesting..  Patrick Jones | 03/09/05
Not just the gaming industry, all of IT is seeing it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/09/05
Not just IT, but everywhere...  Patrick Jones | 03/09/05
Even "IF" that theory works out, and I agree that in that  Laff | 03/09/05

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