On 1 Mar 2007 21:57:44 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Hello Howard, > >what "our" and "we" ?!?! > >I work outside my country of citizenship, in an Asian country, for a global >multi-national company, which happens to be headquartered in USA. > >We run applications for my host country and also other countries around the >world. > >So I am an ex-pat working at an in-sourcer/outsourcer.
As a landed immigrant in Canada, I am an ex-pat working as a contractor when I get a gig so I am not totally opposed to contracting/outsourcing although I still wonder at the economics of it. If I understand the type of company you work for, the legal issues would a known and manageable problem since the company has considerable presence in the various countries and needs to maintain the legal expertise for each of them. Thus moving applications among or between countries is far less risky for it than it would be for many others. > >but I am not a citizen of USA. > >so what "we" and "our" do you mean in your public to the world post. > >On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:15:28 -0700, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 1 Mar 2007 12:59:52 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson, >>Steve) wrote: >> >>>I'm baffled at outsourcing to countries that are a security risk to the >>>USofA. Countries that have a sizeable number of Islamic radicals should >>>not be targets of outsourcing. >> >>How about keeping our business inside our country - which also >>contains sizeable numbers of people who are a threat? >> >>We defeated the USSR by showing them that our way worked better than >>their way. When our enemies become middle class with career paths >>that work - they will be more hesitant about risking those values. >> > > >Regards >Bruce Hewson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
