Re: Outsourcing developer to India and China - As an Oracle developer I am miffed

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:3f82946a$0$14559$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> "Anurag Varma" <avdbi_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:yPrgb.2097$B96.1225_at_news02.roc.ny...
> >
> > Try this link:
> > http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030324/focus1.shtml
> >
> > You will see that government IT projects are already being given to
> > IBM, Oracle and Microsoft!
>
> Let's get something straight here: I do NO accept that
> something that has recently happened has been the
> norm forever. You know PERFECTLY well that until VERY
> recently it was NOT the case.

Ok now you are just slowly twisting the topic. I replied to your assertion that government does not allow IT companies to compete in Indian market. This news was 6 months old.

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> Now: Can you prove that the projects won by those
> multi-nationals are staffed by non-Indian citizens?
> Because if all you are telling me is those companies
> have won projects in India, you totally missed the point
> or worse: you are trying to pull the wool over my eyes.

What exactly are you trying to prove here? You mean India won't allow outside countries nationals to work in India. Hey if you play by the visa rules, why not?

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> > All three above have a big base in India and are actively competing
> > for projects in Indian companies. I do have some friends who work
> > at IBM India and trust me, I'm not just stating this just by reading the
> > newspapers.
>
> I also have friends in India. Are those friends
> of yours Indian citizens? Because if they are,
> you just proved my point.

Yes they are Indian citizens. But then I don't know now what point you were trying to make. Keep your point at least in one place .. so I don't miss it...

>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
>
>

Nothing personal Nuno. I'm not taking any sides here. But some just cook up stories about Indians which might have happened to some and generalize it for all Indians. Received on Tue Oct 07 2003 - 06:28:50 CDT