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  • P peterchen

    It's not you. It's because you do it cheaper ;P


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    Are you talking to the mirror while saying that? Because that's the only reason it was you too. :) Tomaz

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      Are you talking to the mirror while saying that? Because that's the only reason it was you too. :) Tomaz

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      :laugh: no, not really.


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      • V Venkatraman

        This info was extracted from the interview Mr Narayana Murthy, CEO Infosys Technologies given to Gardner journalists for one specific question he said this example A smart journalist in Australia asked me a question at a press conference; “You guys are taking all our jobs to India. You should be thrown out." I told him I use an LG refrigerator at home in India, I drink Pepsi and Coke though we had our own Indian drinks, I use a GM car where we had a vibrant automobile industry, and so forth. I use Cisco routers and a Toshiba tablet PC which are imported, so do you think we should throw all these companies out? When ever my US friends ask me about IT works going to India and looking me as if we are the core reason for ppls getting retrenched. But i never thought what Mr Murthy told here. Lets have a debate. :) Cheers, Venkatraman Kalyanam Bangalore - India "Being Excellent is not a skill, it is an attitude" Reality is an illusion caused by caffeine deficiency(one Microsoft Research scholor)

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        If you fuckers would learn proper english and speak without an accent when I call tech support, I wouldn't mind so much. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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          If you fuckers would learn proper english and speak without an accent when I call tech support, I wouldn't mind so much. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: If you f***ers would learn proper english and speak without an accent when I call tech support, I wouldn't mind so much. Actually, they are showing they can speak another language. You have trouble listening to another accent.

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            John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: If you f***ers would learn proper english and speak without an accent when I call tech support, I wouldn't mind so much. Actually, they are showing they can speak another language. You have trouble listening to another accent.

            // Quantum sort algorithm implementation
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            Tell that to the cow-worshipping moron I talked to at NetGear on Wednesday. I had to repeat everything I said two or three times. He also apparently didn't understand "send me an email", because two days later, I still don't have one (after he guaranteed I'd get it). Lastly, it's his job to learn something that's identifiable as conversant english since 90% of the customers he's going to be dealing with will be from the US. It certainly isn't my job to learn his language. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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            • V Venkatraman

              This info was extracted from the interview Mr Narayana Murthy, CEO Infosys Technologies given to Gardner journalists for one specific question he said this example A smart journalist in Australia asked me a question at a press conference; “You guys are taking all our jobs to India. You should be thrown out." I told him I use an LG refrigerator at home in India, I drink Pepsi and Coke though we had our own Indian drinks, I use a GM car where we had a vibrant automobile industry, and so forth. I use Cisco routers and a Toshiba tablet PC which are imported, so do you think we should throw all these companies out? When ever my US friends ask me about IT works going to India and looking me as if we are the core reason for ppls getting retrenched. But i never thought what Mr Murthy told here. Lets have a debate. :) Cheers, Venkatraman Kalyanam Bangalore - India "Being Excellent is not a skill, it is an attitude" Reality is an illusion caused by caffeine deficiency(one Microsoft Research scholor)

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              Something about double standards.... The tigress is here :-D

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              • I Ian Darling

                It seems to me that a lot of people are getting worked up over something that isn't really all that important. There will always be a need for "local" development workers, purely because a lot of software jobs can't be outsourced abroad easily: Government (not for the Labour governments lack of trying here in the UK) Most Systems Analysis work Small software systems Skunkworks/experimental/R&D work Highly specialist work (audio/video/automotive/crypto) What would be outsourced to cheaper countries - probably the following: Large projects with well understood requirements and architecture Back-office work where another department (eg, call center) is outsourced Note I make no claims about the relative skills of different nations developers - I'm working on the assumption that each nations developers have the same skill levels - I'm more thinking about the logistics and management of outsourcing software work. Of course, UK devs are the best in the world ;P -- Ian Darling If I was any more loopy, I'd be infinite.

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                Modesty forbids me agreeing :-O Elaine (shy fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                  If you fuckers would learn proper english and speak without an accent when I call tech support, I wouldn't mind so much. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                  Unlike rednecks.... The tigress is here :-D

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                  • I Ian Darling

                    It seems to me that a lot of people are getting worked up over something that isn't really all that important. There will always be a need for "local" development workers, purely because a lot of software jobs can't be outsourced abroad easily: Government (not for the Labour governments lack of trying here in the UK) Most Systems Analysis work Small software systems Skunkworks/experimental/R&D work Highly specialist work (audio/video/automotive/crypto) What would be outsourced to cheaper countries - probably the following: Large projects with well understood requirements and architecture Back-office work where another department (eg, call center) is outsourced Note I make no claims about the relative skills of different nations developers - I'm working on the assumption that each nations developers have the same skill levels - I'm more thinking about the logistics and management of outsourcing software work. Of course, UK devs are the best in the world ;P -- Ian Darling If I was any more loopy, I'd be infinite.

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                    Hi, Take a look at the freelancer sites (such as www.elance.com) and not say "We did not see it". Read project descriptions and look at their result prices. Peoples worked there have very-very small money. They have educatuion and experience same as for you. You can with them compete? Take real look

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      Tell that to the cow-worshipping moron I talked to at NetGear on Wednesday. I had to repeat everything I said two or three times. He also apparently didn't understand "send me an email", because two days later, I still don't have one (after he guaranteed I'd get it). Lastly, it's his job to learn something that's identifiable as conversant english since 90% of the customers he's going to be dealing with will be from the US. It certainly isn't my job to learn his language. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                      You think what you abrupt? All that you have made in life is that that you were born in the right country. !!! I was read all your postings and I want say to you personally - idiot.

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                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: If you f***ers would learn proper english and speak without an accent when I call tech support, I wouldn't mind so much. Actually, they are showing they can speak another language. You have trouble listening to another accent.

                        // Quantum sort algorithm implementation
                        while (!sorted)
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                        This fascist application!!!!!!!!!!!

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                        • L Lost User

                          Modesty forbids me agreeing :-O Elaine (shy fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D

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                          Yaeh, Elaine:)

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                            Hi, Take a look at the freelancer sites (such as www.elance.com) and not say "We did not see it". Read project descriptions and look at their result prices. Peoples worked there have very-very small money. They have educatuion and experience same as for you. You can with them compete? Take real look

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                            Given you have to be a elance member to look at the projects, I'm afraid I can't read them. But either way, yes - it's always possible to compete. -- Ian Darling If I was any more loopy, I'd be infinite.

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                            • J John Honan

                              The outsourcing issue is a complex one. From the clients viewpoint you can see how outsourcing makes financial sense. However, outsourcing software development to India is a very different proposition to outsourcing, say, T-Shirt production. If I am a clothes manufacturer, I could ship a ton of cloth and materials to a factory in India, get in a load of cheap labour, and run off thousands of garments at a very low production cost. The quality control is easy, the production job is easy. I say 'There's a pile of material, I want 10,000 high quality T-Shirts produced within the next month' Software development is different. Most large software development projects require very close consultation with the client, and a good understanding of the business in question (finance, retailing etc.) The requirements are not always very clear, and the development process is often iterative sequential. With the outsourcing model, while the client may gain financially in the short term, the long-term benefit is questionable. When things go wrong, when there is a problem in the quality of the product, or when there is a communications failure or misunderstanding of requirements the whole model falls apart. Not to mention the language barrier. John www.silveronion.com[^]

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                              John Honan wrote: When things go wrong, when there is a problem in the quality of the product, or when there is a communications failure or misunderstanding of requirements the whole model falls apart. As of 31st March 2002, India had 42 companies at SEI CMM Level 5 assessment. The quality maturity of the Indian software industry can be measured from the fact that already 316 Indian software companies have acquired quality certifications and more companies are in pipeline to do so. http://www.nasscom.org/artdisplay.asp?cat_id=35[^] Read the quotes from Bill, Larry on India: http://www.nasscom.org/artdisplay.asp?cat_id=27[^]
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                                Tell that to the cow-worshipping moron I talked to at NetGear on Wednesday. I had to repeat everything I said two or three times. He also apparently didn't understand "send me an email", because two days later, I still don't have one (after he guaranteed I'd get it). Lastly, it's his job to learn something that's identifiable as conversant english since 90% of the customers he's going to be dealing with will be from the US. It certainly isn't my job to learn his language. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Tell that to the cow-worshipping moron How you know that he is from India? He could be from any other country. :suss:
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                                  You think what you abrupt? All that you have made in life is that that you were born in the right country. !!! I was read all your postings and I want say to you personally - idiot.

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                                  Somebody NEW wrote: You think what you abrupt? That's english and german, right? jhaga --------------------------------- Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. -Dave Barry-

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                                  • K Kant

                                    John Honan wrote: When things go wrong, when there is a problem in the quality of the product, or when there is a communications failure or misunderstanding of requirements the whole model falls apart. As of 31st March 2002, India had 42 companies at SEI CMM Level 5 assessment. The quality maturity of the Indian software industry can be measured from the fact that already 316 Indian software companies have acquired quality certifications and more companies are in pipeline to do so. http://www.nasscom.org/artdisplay.asp?cat_id=35[^] Read the quotes from Bill, Larry on India: http://www.nasscom.org/artdisplay.asp?cat_id=27[^]
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                                    Kant wrote: As of 31st March 2002, India had 42 companies at SEI CMM Level 5 assessment. The quality maturity of the Indian software industry can be measured from the fact that already 316 Indian software companies have acquired quality certifications and more companies are in pipeline to do so. I could find a certified spade engineer to build me a high-quality spade. That spade will meet or exceed all the industry standard quality measurements for spades. I hand it to my client; and it turns out what he really wanted was a bucket. I am not saying that Indian software companies are underqualified, or likely to produce low-quality code. What I am saying is that the gulf between the clients, the project managers, and the software engineers is wide enough already, without outsourcing the project to a different country. John www.silveronion.com[^]

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                                      You think what you abrupt? All that you have made in life is that that you were born in the right country. !!! I was read all your postings and I want say to you personally - idiot.

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                                      I'm surprised you can form a complete thought much less type out something with english words in it. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                        Kant wrote: As of 31st March 2002, India had 42 companies at SEI CMM Level 5 assessment. The quality maturity of the Indian software industry can be measured from the fact that already 316 Indian software companies have acquired quality certifications and more companies are in pipeline to do so. I could find a certified spade engineer to build me a high-quality spade. That spade will meet or exceed all the industry standard quality measurements for spades. I hand it to my client; and it turns out what he really wanted was a bucket. I am not saying that Indian software companies are underqualified, or likely to produce low-quality code. What I am saying is that the gulf between the clients, the project managers, and the software engineers is wide enough already, without outsourcing the project to a different country. John www.silveronion.com[^]

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                                        John Honan wrote: What I am saying is that the gulf between the clients, the project managers, and the software engineers is wide enough already, without outsourcing the project to a different country. I agree with what you saying. But factor is good quality, abundance of IT knowledge employess and above all for less $. I give you an example, when I was in India we worked on project for a US firm. As you know the time difference (10 1/2 hrs) between India and USA, we worked on the project while it's night in US. By our time in the evening (which is morning in US) we deliver the fresh build to US and so that they test it and report any bugs back to US. So it's like work goes on around the clock. So the project which takes 6 months to complete in US and can be completed within 3 months. When Hardware components industry (in Taiwan, China...) can succeed, why not software outsourcing? I'm puzzled here. :confused:
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                                          Unlike rednecks.... The tigress is here :-D

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                                          At least you can understand rednecks because they don't sound like they're choking down curry in mid-sentence. Of course, you do have to deal with the occasional burp and/or fart... ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 "You won't like me when I'm angry..." - Dr. Bruce Banner Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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