This is just a matter of time. Programmer skills that cost $150/hour in US,
cost $20/hour overseas. Webhosting that cost $30/month in US, cost $30/year
overseas. What better way for countries that do not have the abilities to
expand their internal infrastructure, through IT. Lot cheaper than building
factories. I have personlly seen some internal e-mails from corporations as
large as IBM 6-8 months ago, that specifically addresses these issues.
Programming, hosting, etc, only makes sense to go to a skilled best bidder.
Anyone that believes that our government is going to step in on the behalf
of programmers is... in denial. Unions could be a result. IBM has been
doing business overseas for decades. Most of their business is done
overseas. Why is this story a suprise? Read the writting on the wall.
Becoming better then the competition, is the solution that I see.
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