Yeah, that was the most interesting point for me as well. If you view it through a management lens, it makes sense; "we hire top CS people, let them do the top

Yeah, that was the most interesting point for me as well. If you view it through a management lens, it makes sense; "we hire top CS people, let them do the top CS problems, JDBC drivers aren't a core competency so we can outsource that." The problem is that people can do a bad enough job at the non-core stuff that it doesn't matter that you're good at your core competency. Outsourcing is not a free ride.