You're mixing up two claims, I mostly agree with one and strongly disagree with the other. Claim I agree is there are no (financially) large and successful sof

You're mixing up two claims, I mostly agree with one and strongly disagree with the other. Claim I agree is there are no (financially) large and successful software companies have been fully distributed from the ground up. Which is very different from the claim I strongly disagree with which is: only routine, well-scoped work has been successfully carried out by offshore teams. I DO agree that there's an advantage to on-site work.