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A better term for what Zoho does is "offshoring". Outsourcing and offshoring are orthogonal. It's only when the two go together that you get sweatshops.
by zhyder 17y ago
A better term for what Zoho does is "offshoring". Outsourcing and offshoring are orthogonal. It's only when the two go together that you get sweatshops.
- sharpn 17y agoGood point. I like the term 'smart-sourcing' - having a presence 'on-shore' & 'off-shore' & having the customer-relationship stuff done near the customer (on-shore) & the non-relationship stuff wherever's best (sometimes, but not always 'off-shore).
- sridharvembu 17y agoAn even better term for us is "and Indian company with an American HQ" - in early days due to foreign exchange restrictions in India, it was painful to have the HQ in India. Increasingly that has faded as India has liberalized. We just imported a ton of Macs for our development team in Chennai; 10 years ago that would have sucked, now it is easy.
- eru 17y agoSo with enough liberalizing (and perhaps more Indian customers) the American HQ might move to India?