Re: Quick Question: Offshore Job Loss

Has free (i.e. open source) 
> software been a major cause of the outsourcing of jobs to overseas 
locations? In particular, 
> has software like Hercules made it possible for offshore entities 
to illegally run software (and 
> thus claim expensive capabilities and experience) that they would 
otherwise have been
> unable to obtain or afford?

So it's actually not possible that workers in other countries came 
by their capabilities and experience legally? I don't know much 
about the software business, but I do know that we have been 
teaching these guys in our universities for decades, not to mention 
the fact that they have their own schools and universities(and 
companies with computers), not to mention a desire for a better 
lifestyle. Is there any real evidence that they are doing what you 
say, or is it just hypothetical? I'm not sure that another opinion 
would help without real data to back it up.

However, I'll give you one anyway. Its my guess that most of these 
guys in other countries came by their knowledge legally, but that 
IBM and other corporations could care less about where their 
knowledge and experience came from if they will work more cheaply 
than other workers. I don't think Hercules has anything to do with 
the situation and I think that reducing the amount of open source 
software available would, overall, reduce our living standard, not 
increase it.

Dick Kistler











 
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