I think it can work for Indian firms like Wipro or some Asaam based or Jugal-da run firm --having another ship or island for their workers , maybe near Mexico or Carribean islands.
I think these guys if based near USA would have to purchase supplies at US rates, which would inflate costs compared to India. Umesh PS: Flight time would be of about 4-5 hours atleast though to these places too -from San Jose, California (Silicon Valley) --- Shantikam Hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to have your views on the following > that I got on my mail > a few moments ago: > > quote: > http://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2005/0509/048.html > > > Two San Diego entrepreneurs have come up with a very > literal twist on > offshoring software development jobs. This pair > wants to get their > hands on a 600-cabin cruise ship and park it off the > coast of El > Segundo, Calif., just over the 3-mile border that > marks international > waters. They'll pack the boat with engineers who > will write code day > and night. > > The two founders of SeaCode, David Cook and Roger > Green, are confident > their plan will float. All they need to do is > classify their workers > as "seamen," so that they're protected by > international maritime laws > that skirt the need for those pesky immigration > visas. The workers > will fly in and out of Los Angeles International and > board the ship > with a sailor's card from the Bahamas, where the > ship likely will be > registered. This lets the company avoid U.S. payroll > taxes on the > foreign coders. Cook, a former supertanker skipper, > plans to dock in > Long Beach once a month to resupply and dispose of > waste. > > Programmers--sorry, seamen--hired from places like > India and Russia > would have their own cabins, work eight- or ten-hour > stretches on > either a day or night shift and have the rest of the > time to sleep, > play shuffleboard or take a water taxi to shore. > Cook imagines a > four-months-on, two-months-off work cycle. Take-home > pay will be about > $1,800 a month, compared with $500 per month for an > experienced > engineer in India. "We're not a slave ship," says > Cook. Adds Green, > "It's like the International Space Station." > > SeaCode's pitch is that it will still charge the > same rates as > developing-world firms (Green says Indian firms hide > behind amazing > markups) while offering clients freedom from killer > flights to India, > Israel and other faraway destinations to check in on > projects. Work > will also get done faster with two shifts. "Try to > get American > software engineers to work at night," says Cook. > > Cook and Green, who used to be chief information > officer at > chip-equipment manufacturer Cymer, have already > raised an undisclosed > amount toward a $10 million ship. Their backer is > Barry Shillito, a > San Diego angel investor and former assistant > secretary of defense. > Right now the two are close to making an offer on a > 34-year-old boat > called the Carousel, currently steaming around the > Canary Islands. > Says Green: "We're looking for a couple of anchor > clients." > > As much as it sounds like a joke, the plan could > work. "Nothing tells > me that it's flatly prohibited," says San Francisco > maritime lawyer > James Walsh. That's because a "seaman" can be > defined broadly as > anyone who works on a vessel. But don't count on > locals to be happy > about a colony of programmers floating just over the > horizon. "It's > not my prerogative to tell them to take a hike. I'll > leave that to the > Coast Guard," says Kelly McDowell, mayor of El > Segundo. unquote > > Regards. > > Shantikam Hazarika > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
