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    Outsourcing and offshoring

    I believe that you are mistaken about Oracle. IBM does sell more services though. (So any list you see that doesn't have Microsoft at the top is a combined list) But there is a reason why I make the distinction that I do. Though both software manufacturers and software services companies...
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    Microstrategy is a US company. If memory serves me correctly, their headquarters are in Ohio. (They make a pretty good OLAP tool for very large data warehouses) TCS isn't a software company. They are a services company. (and part of a larger conglomerate in India that is into a lot of...
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    LOL! If you don't mind, I'd like to borrow that post for my blog next April 1st.
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    When you look at the numbers, you will find a dramatic falloff in the number of CS/CIS majors in college. One thing you have to look at is the baseline number that is used for comparison. Most studies I have seen compare to a baseline from the year 2000. Of course, if you look at older...
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    Note that none of the countries mentioned in your previous post are Indian or Chinese. As I said before, their culture is very different from our own. Risk taking and independent thinking aren't very prominent in either culture. And group-think does not do good things for software...
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    What cms do you use?

    I'm using Joomla too. Steve Larrison http://www.surviveoutsourcing.com
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    Xipher, the best thing that you can do is become familiar with changes in the industry and prepare yourself to take advantage of those changes. I have been in the field for 22 years now, so the course I have set is pretty well established. But if I were working on a CS degree today, in...
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    No I haven't, but I looked at the links you provided. Do you think it is worth looking at? (On a side note, in addition to recently launching my blog, I am finishing up writing a book on the same topic)
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    Damn dude, though I agree with your sentiment, you are starting to make me feel old. At 41 years old, I have been in this field for a little over 22 years....
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    Outsourcing and offshoring

    I see the situation somewhat differently than you do. There are a lot of people who currently earn comfortable livings who do have to worry about outsourcing. If you are a pure programmer, and the skills you sell are things like C++ or Java instead of knowledge of business and industry plus...
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    The problem is a lot larger than just cultural differences. Really, anything that involves creativity is best done onshore.
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    Outsourcing and offshoring

    I wouldn't agree with your characterization of the problem. Though there has been a rapid growth in the use of offshore outsourcing in recent years, the fact is that we still lead the world in areas like software development by a wide margin. How many of the top 500 software companies in the...
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    Outsourcing and offshoring

    Hi everyone. I am new to this forum, but am someone who has been in IT for quite a few years. I am doing some research and trying to get a feel for what people in the industry think about offshore outsourcing. What are your opinions on the topic? Do you think it will have a negative...
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