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Outsourcing Debate - Two Guys Talk it Out

November 02, 2007 By: Bill Miller Category: Debate, Outsourcing 3 Comments →

 

Scott Sehlhorst, who writes  Tyner Blain, a blog dedicated to software product success, and I had a debate over email about outsourcing.   Scott recommended a topic and I decided to focus the discussion on his concern as Scott describes it, “… it (outsourcing) is a recipe for long term failure.”  While I prefer the old model of developing software entirely in house with teams working all under one roof, I believe outsourcing is an inevitable change that needs to be accepted, and the specious predictions of the demise of American corporate competiveness are mistaken.  Read the discussion, and please join in and share your views.

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