So far the comments seem to be saying: Not all Indians Not all outsourced projects I would love for someone to step up up and directly address the core argum

So far the comments seem to be saying: Not all Indians Not all outsourced projects I would love for someone to step up up and directly address the core argument of this article, that is, Indian outsourcing is doomed. Indian outsourcing, not outsourcing, not Indians, Indian outsourcing. After a short 10 years observing, managing, or cleaning up after outsourced developers in Mexico, Costa Rica, Ukraine, India and CONUS (I'm in the U.S.) the data points I have are very consistent. 1. Outsourcing is hard 2. The greater the time zone difference the harder it is 3. The greater the culture difference the harder it is 4. The lower the average skill of available programmers the harder it is You do the math. From a U.S. perspective Indian outsourcing cannot possibly continue at its current level without innovation. That simple assertion the author made, IMHO, is both valid and correct. I can't claim my experience is comprehensive enough to satisfy the apologists here but my God man find me a majority of CTOs, product managers, and senior developers who have an overall positive view of Indian outsourcing. The last, and most controversial thing I'll say is this: The best Indian developers aren't in India. The great ones are getting visas to Europe, N. America and Australia. Hell there are 50 or so right now on my project that transplanted their families for only a 1 year project. They, and their families want to be in Europe, N. America, Australia. edit: sigh formatting