--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stede Troisi wrote: > > > That makes sense for example if Microsoft offshores > > too much of there "software products" but what about > > the Tennis Company that outsources a Payroll app. Is > > that outsourcing the jewels? > > Per my other post, if MS does not outsource their own > internal IT effort, but if The Tennis Company does, > then The Tennis Company has given a part of their > corporate steering away.
It depends on whether the application is part of their core competency. If The Tennis Company is successful because of unique compensation policies, then outsourcing their payroll is likely to be a mistake. If, like most companies, they do compensation like most other companies, then outsourcing it is not likely to hurt their strategic direction. John Roth > > > ===== > Phlip > http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
