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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (108988)7/31/2003 3:24:07 AM
From: kumar  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Simply put, once you leave the U.S. you are leaving behind the world's best, most proven pool of programmers. That's is not to say that there aren't excellent programmers in Russia, China, India, and elsewhere. But large-scale, world-changing software development ain't easy. The Net bubble devalued just how hard it is to build neat technology. Shawn Fanning is the exception that proves the rule.

Or as one software engineer who has worked with out-sourced labor for years puts it, "If software development in India is so great, why don't they have a single software company worth a crap?"

Perhaps the author of this article ought to have a chat with one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, or (I think) the CEO of Computer Associates. They are both of Indian origin, and I'd hesitate to say "they are worth crap".
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