RE: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right direction?

my view is the people impacted by outsourcing and immigrant competition are 
those working in failed industries and failing platforms.  How many full 
blooded American .NET and Oracle programmers are complaining about the guys 
from Mumbai?  A colleague has been working the last 5 yrs as an as400 db2 sql 
programmer. His company has dropped 80% of its workforce and he just got notice 
a few weeks ago. Instead of looking for an as400 job of which there are few he 
went in the market for Oracle SQL programming. Despite the fact he has not 
touched Oracle in 5 yrs he had a decent paying contract job in 1 weeks time.  
Why blame the people in India because IBM is not investing in its products? 

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Ingvaldson, Scott [mailto:SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:04 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON,or is this the right
direction?


So, without getting too political, why are you blaming the Indian call
centers and not Citibank? 

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/05/16in
centives.html

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:16:21 -0500
from: pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON,     or is this the
        right direction?

<<I don't know this widow and her kids in 
California or the family in South Dakota who are hurting,>>

Yeah, I do. She's a former neighbor in the Bay area. The folks in South 
Dakota are friends from Minnesota who moved there after their employer 
(the factory) moved there. Her job was with the Citibank call center.

Come to Chicago.