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From: Howard Brazee on 26 May 2010 14:39 On 26 May 2010 17:30:30 GMT, billg999(a)cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote: >> It is easier to move a company's IT offshore than its lawn mowing. > >I don't really believe that is true. What is true is that too many >companies see so little reason for staying here they are willing to >accept the rather sizable risk in off-shoring. I won't argue your second statement, but I see it as a non-sequitor to mine. As long as the lawn is here, the mowing has to be here. But companies do decide to move programming off shore with local computers or at least terminals. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 26 May 2010 14:44 On Wed, 26 May 2010 17:44:02 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: >>It is easier to move a company's IT offshore than its lawn mowing. > >It is as easy to move a company's lawn mowing offshore as it is to move >its headquarters, entire. I suppose there is a direct relationship between how much mowing is done offshore and how much lawn is offshore, headquarters or retail or branch offices, or whatever. By the time the company no longer exists on-shore then it should have a different definition of "off-shore". Meanwhile my workplace has developers logging into our local computers from India. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 26 May 2010 14:46 On 26 May 2010 17:27:51 GMT, billg999(a)cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote: >> I do not see the IT business in the USA as being in any sort of different >> condition than any other business in the USA... but perhaps my vision is >> limited, aye. >> > >Sadly. I agree. But that doesn't decrease the cesspool that the IT >indistry is sinking into. And, as a real IT Professional I am more >concerned about my art than others. As a taxpayer, a parent, and a grandparent who will soon retire, I am more concerned about the economy as a whole and the current tendency to borrow from the future to make short term decisions. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 26 May 2010 14:48 On Wed, 26 May 2010 17:52:16 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: >Just the other day I mentioned William Edwards Deming to a project >leader... who had never heard of the fellow, of course. Sad that you can put "of course" in that above sentence. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Alistair Maclean on 27 May 2010 06:54
On May 26, 7:44 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 17:44:02 +0000 (UTC), docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: > >>It is easier to move a company's IT offshore than its lawn mowing. > > >It is as easy to move a company's lawn mowing offshore as it is to move > >its headquarters, entire. > > I suppose there is a direct relationship between how much mowing is > done offshore and how much lawn is offshore, headquarters or retail or > branch offices, or whatever. > > By the time the company no longer exists on-shore then it should have > a different definition of "off-shore". > > Meanwhile my workplace has developers logging into our local computers > from India. > On the internet, sales tax can be applied if the purchaser, vendor, warehouse or web site is based/hosted in a geographic location where sales tax (or VAT) is applicable. Perhaps the EU and USA governments should start to collect income tax from employers for their off-shore developers using local computers? :-) |