Indian development firms are pretty much the same as any other - if you get a small highly focused team of experts they will achieve a lot. The problem is when you get large pools of programmers of various skill levels, and so need more management time than it would take to program it in the first place. But then this is in theory more scalable.
I live in the north west of England, just outside Manchester, the Industrial revolution started here, It was once very big in the textile industry- However no textiles are made here anymore, the old Victorian buildings that used to produce these are now trendy apartments, or business parks. There are a few specialist providers, I can kind of see software going the same way. Much of software is grinding out work, that can be done very cheaply in India/China/and Africa soon. All we in the western world will be doing is niche specialist development. Perhaps -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Larry Hiscock Sent: 12 October 2009 22:09 To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Unibasic: Sample program - to extract data from Table Indian development firms aren't all they're cracked up to be, especially in anything other than Microsoft technologies. I've seen exactly this progression in other language lists to which I belong. Indian firm gets contract based on price and claim to know the language. Indian firm tries to get free help from mailing lists, newsgroups, etc, because they don't understand the technology. Indian firm loses contract or is not renewed. We've got personal experience in taking development contracts away from this type of firm. Larry Hiscock Western Computer Services -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of bney...@hcmg.net Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:47 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Unibasic: Sample program - to extract data from Table Doesn't matter which. We are the next group that will be asked to work for reduced pay or our work will go to India. Bruce M Neylon Health Care Management Group Phone: (301) 608-8633 _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users