Regarding Indian firms' pricing:  I knew they had to go up, although I didn't 
expect it to happen so soon.  Low prices increase demand causing them to jack 
up their rates.  Another issue is the value of the dollar - I expect our 
sorry balance of trade and our deficit spending on this ill-advised war to 
cause the value of our currency to drop, making our rates more competitive.  
Lucky for us - unlike manufacturing, software development doesn't take much 
of an infrastructure investment, so our industry can respond quickly to price 
changes.
Sorry, couldn't resist putting in my two cents.

Vaughn

On Monday 17 March 2003 13:04, you wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 10:01, Craig White wrote:
> > Programming going offshore...a rather interesting topic especially when
> > the client is our government.
> >
> > http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo/y/eLFK0BcwYR04e0BuNc0AG
>
> Of special interest is the part near the the end where it says that
> Indian firms' prices are going up to cover project management issues, so
> buyers are starting to look at places like China -- because nothing says
> "Homeland Security" like outsourcing the development of U.S. government
> systems to China.
>
>
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