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To: GST who wrote (158535)	7/14/2003 2:05:48 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Hi GST, I just posted this on the NE thread. I think 20K/year for indian programmer vs. 65K/yr US equivalent works in favor of the US. Indian outsourcing was sold to US executives as a "90% off deal", which it isn't, and you have the offsite issues to deal with. Its not an apples to apples comparison and to make it worthwhile to offshore a task, it has to be DIRT CHEAP. This article leaves off the extra management costs here to deal with offshoring. Not that I am against offshoring mind you, I just think the same thing will happen that happened in manufacturing.