Taking the commentary in this direction is unneccessary. In the 90s, the rise of outsourcing originating from the US and the rise of US-based H-1B-farms raised

Taking the commentary in this direction is unneccessary. In the 90s, the rise of outsourcing originating from the US and the rise of US-based H-1B-farms raised valid questions about the difference in production quality (in the historic, 'what-kind'-ness sense of the word); the wages paid in foreign countries with lower prevailing wages were predictably lower, as otherwise offshoring would have made little financial sense, and importing exceptional talent from overseas was always an option for those willing to pay for exceptional talent. IBM and other US firms do in fact pay locally competitive and generous (but not outrageous) salaries in India, as well as other foreign talent hotspots like Romania and Estonia.