My CAN-I Thought Process!: US IT firms against outsourcing backlash

January 12, 2004

US IT firms against outsourcing backlash

Even as US lawmakers are targeting outsourcing of jobs to countries such as India and China, leading technology companies warned Congress and the Bush administration against imposing new trade restrictions that would hit global competitiveness.

The warning came in a report by the Washington-based Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP), the trade group for leading technology companies, including Intel Corp, IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP). It also came after new research by IDC that information technology sourcing to low-wage countries will more than quadruple by 2007.

The CSPP said restrictive policies would do little to resolve America's long-standing problems affecting its global competitive such as low-scoring schools and inadequate spending on research.

Putting up barriers, the companies said, would results in retaliation from affected countries and even an all-out trade war.

''There is no job that is America's God given right anymore. We have to compete for jobs,'' said HP CEO Carly Flornia.

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It has been said that France is politically opposed to U.S. policy, while China and India are econically opposed. The lie is that France is also economically opposed. Go to
http://www.chinese-forums.com/
see Chinese History and 'money' thread. The recent celebration in Paris is ensrhined on a ceiling. Send this information to 1,000 Americans and learn more about fantasy and illusion.

Regards,
Matt

Posted by: Matt at January 27, 2004 01:47 PM

I'll put my resume up against any 10 employed IT workers, here or in India, and it will beat the pants off of 9 of them. American's are passed over, not because of poor IT education or skills, but because we have mortgages and can't afford to take jobs that pay enough for a grass hut somewhere in the 3rd world. Education is just corporate America's excuse for being greedy. MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue.... all the best IT schools are in the US. And I will be perfectly honest. No matter what "Institute" they graduate from, in 15 years in the IT business, I have yet to find a graduate of an Indian university that was any better than mediocre. But hey, corporate America has spoken. The problem is, no matter what the next hot thing is, you can bet that before the first grads in it leave their first job, there wont be any second job for them in the US. Take up art guys. Take up singing. Being poor is a lot better if you are doing something expressive.

Posted by: Unemployed at March 12, 2004 10:01 PM

What would you do, if you are not afraid?

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January 12, 2004

US IT firms against outsourcing backlash