[Tfug] Sick!

[Leo Przybylski]

Well, I (and I'm sure a lot of others) have seen this happening since 
before the dot bomb. Though the news of overseas outsourcing progression 
is news, that it has been happening for the last few years and has had a 
large impact on our economy and the recession isn't really.

I had no idea that even the government was in support of outsourcing 
like that. At the U of A, isn't it common practice to support internal 
resources before outsourcing? Even if the internal resources are pricy, 
I've never known any department here to be unreasonable to the point 
where you couldn't haggle a little. It's true what they said in New 
Mexico that government is expected to be run like a business, but that 
includes politics. It's inescapable. Corporate and educational 
institutions alike have their own politics. I think it's pretty dumb to 
use the "business model" as an excuse for "selling out".

I was wondering what people think of alternative outsourcing practices 
like topcoder.com. Anyone think that they have the proper strategy for 
advancing on companies with advantages of TCS?

-Leo Przybylski

Gregory Gray wrote:
> AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> I mean AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> $6 million for what I bet is a one page form that
> populates a flat file style database sometime between
> now and next Christmas because it's written in JAVA.
> 
> AND.... the New Mexico Unemployment Department doesn't
> even own the rights -> Tata is reselling to other
> agencies for increased profit!
> 
> AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
> 
> I want to say more, but
> AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
> --- klsmith <ksmith@dakotacom.net> wrote:
> 
>>Anyone look at this?
>>
> 
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030316S0003
> 
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