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November 07, 2003
From Jeffrey Tarter comes new of an important new business model for outsourcing software development. Joe Grossberg thinks the Primate Programming page has "racist overtones." I can see that way of taking it, although (I hope obviously) that's not how I took it. I take it as being about the commodification of software development and a Dilbert-esque swipe at the gullibility and irresponsibility of pointy-haired bosses. Posted
by D. Weinberger at November 7, 2003 11:50 AM
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Someone sent me this awhile back - I'm still not sure how to take it.
Posted by: Jim Moran | November 7, 2003 02:04 PM
I take it as having racist undertones:
http://www.joegrossberg.com/archives/000837.html
I.e., send our white-collar jobs to India? Why not give them to monkeys, while you're at it!
Posted by: Joe Grossberg | November 7, 2003 02:09 PM
Joe, I can see your point but I think you're reading too much into this. More than I do anyway. I take it as being about the commodification of software writing, like the old Dilbert comic strip that said that a cat walked across a keyboard and wrote a web browser.
Posted by: dweinberger | November 7, 2003 02:33 PM
White-collar jobs outsourcing : Outsourcing
has been witnessed in some form or the other for many years. ...
www.indianchild.com/outsourcing/ outsourcing_white_collar_jobs.htm
Posted by: jim | September 27, 2004 07:49 AM