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February 07, 2006 | Comments: (0)
BEA exec defends offshoring
Offshoring helps, rather than hurts, Americans, a BEA official said on Tuesday.
Speaking on the topic of building a developer ecosystem, Bill Roth, vice president of the BEA Workshop business unit, said offshoring - the hiring of IT persons overseas - has helped to preserve and grow existing businesses, which benefits American workers.
"Everytime I've seen offshoring work, it has been to preserve American jobs," Roth said at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference.
Additionally, offshoring is necessary because most developers worldwide do not speak English. It is even the moral thing to do, since it assists the developing world, Roth said.
Sun Microsystems Chairman/CEO Scott McNealy flew a similar flag last month during an event at the Computer History Museum, when he protested restrictions on hiring of foreign-born workers in the United States.
Posted by Paul Krill on February 7, 2006 03:00 PM
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"offshoring is necessary because most developers worldwide do not speak English. It is even the moral thing to do, since it assists the developing world"..
Mr Roth will soon realize that these offshore developers will very soon take over US businesses and the few remaining jobs too wont exist here. Greedy people like Roth only look for their benefit... wonder how much pity has he shown to the millions of laid off americans that he is trying too fool and show sympath too the offshore snakes...I wonder if he has stepped on those offshore lands, and rellay understand their reason of existence.
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