RE: Jobs (or the lack of....)

["Shahan, Ray" <rshahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. Nelson states :
        "We need to turn around the argument that the offshore can do the
work for less money to one
        where the work is done with higher quality in less time. "


        The answer to that statement is very simple, and it has everything
to do with cost.  When we go to Wal-Mart to buy a shirt, it's made somewhere
other than the U.S.A., but we don't care because it's inexpensive.  The
shirt's quality, while usually less than desirable, is acceptable because of
the price of the shirt.  Translated into software,  just look at
Windows...we can't stand the fact that we have to reboot 2 times a week, but
the $110.00 price tag for the OS offsets our frustration.

        Hence, a U.S. company has a strong financial incentive to use
offshore labor because while the quality may be lacking (and this is
debatable as time goes by), the price for that labor is so damn cheap, they
don't care.

        Finally, outsourcing turns labor into a capitalized cost instead of
a long-term commitment involving labor disputes, last productivity due to
illness, insurance, retirement issues, and so forth.

        So, what's the solution?  I don't know, but I do know that preaching
quality ain't gonn'a save our jobs, so let's explore other avenues too.


        Just my .02 worth.  :-)




Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon