[IP] No Americans Need Apply

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:50:16 -0500
> From: John Lyon <jelyon@mac.com>
> Subject: No Americans Need Apply
> To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
>
> From /. - and perhaps of interest to IPers:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1612241
>
> > Victor G. Sommers writes "Daniel Soong, who lost his programming job
> > to Indian offshore companies, is willing to relocate to India. 'It
> > would be really interesting to work in Bangalore,' he says. 'But I was
> > told, "Daniel, it is against the law for you to work here. You can
> > come here on vacation, but you can't work here."' Indian officials
> > have told him they don't hire Americans." An article in ComputerWorld
> > talks about the possibility of getting more than you bargained for in
> > outsourced code.
>
> outsourced code article avail at:
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/outsourcing/ 
> story/0,10801,84723,00.html?SKC=outsourcing-84723
>
> John Lyon
> ______________________________________
> The Texas stalemate: It's all about race
> Few are saying it openly, but the DeLay-Rove power grab in Austin
> is all about keeping white control of an increasingly Hispanic state.
> http://salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/03/texas/index.html

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