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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (7619)	10/19/2003 12:39:50 AM
From: TI2, TechInvestorToo	Respond to of 25522

<Carr says he became aware of the problem when his company used offshore firms for projects that involve complex integration issues or nonstandard development. “We’ve struggled tremendously with those,” he says. Based on his experience, Carr says it’s fine to buy offshore apps like a webpage that can be tested in a simulated environment. “But,” Carr warns, “if you can’t model your environment adequately with offshore projects, you’re going to get into trouble. You’ll spend a lot of time debugging and burn up those forecast savings in extra testing cycles.” > I know one SEC automation vendor that has reversed their offshore sw plan for exactly this reason. cheers ti2