Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

[Bill Swallow]

Not entirely correct re: outsourcing.

There are many examples of companies cancelling their outsourced labor
and bringing the work back into their home offices (I haven't the time
or desire to cite, but there have been several articles in trade
magazines over the past few months that attest to this). As with
anything, if the benefit isn't there, the plan is aborted.

I believe, though, that the FM work isn't "outsourced" but is actually
housed by Adobe India - this is a very different thing, and I can see
logic in this.

Costs of workers is only a factor if the workers can deliver and if
the communication is good.

Outsourcing is not an evil. It's evolution, and was bound to happen as
other countries break into the tech sphere. Balance will eventually be
met, as with anything. The trick is not how to keep jobs in higher-pay
regions, but how to deliver greater value.

Bill

On 5/16/06, tarage at bellsouth.net <tarage at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Don't expect Adobe to bring back any jobs. Once the outsourcing bug hits, those jobs are lost forever. On one hand, I understand Adobe's reasoning -- the cost of a worker in the U.S or Canada is much higher than a worker elsewhere. On the other hand, that's one more job that's gone overseas, so the business profits at the expense of the host nation. I'm a bit more partial to my country than I am to any particular business that operates out of it.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com