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Andy Hunt had an interesting blog entry referencing an New York Times article on outsourcing.

The article describes how you can only outsource projects which are easily managed at a distance. While obvious, lots of people need to read it! They predict development will move back to the USA, when companies realise that’s its faster and cheaper to develop software locally.

Bladelogic’s chief technology officer, Vijay Manwani, born and educated in India, predicts that once the “hype cycle” about Indian outsourcing runs its course, projects will come back to the United States “when people find that their productivity goals have not been met.”

Innovative business processes result from “an understanding of the business that happens when people get into a room and talk to each other,” Mr. Pradhan said. “That is very difficult to outsource.”

I hope more people start publishing stories like this…

Sadly you have to register (it’s free) to be able read it.