Outsourcing and Iraq: On outsourcing, there is certian factors where labor cost is cheaper that it cant be done any longer in the US otherwise the product would not be competitive in the market from a price point. I am not arguing whether it is good or bad, just that it exists. I agree that trade is good and have no problem competing internationally for labor tasks.
As to software, the projects that model static business requirements will have the grunt work outsourced. The design will be done locally, but if the interfaces can be reduced to static designs then it doesnt really matter what is done behind that interface if there are units tests to prove it meets the requirements.
Warm bodies will always be required for dynamic business models that need software, as the business model is so volatile it requires someone to be constantly analyzing, designing and responding to those changes in the business model. That cant be out-sourced as software that is behind the business model will add inefficiencies into the process. Never a good thing.
It would have been easy to sit out Iraq. But we got something out of it and engaged cleverly with very few troops on the ground now.
I know we constantly disagree on this point, but I dont think we got anything out of the Iraq conflict. The FTA\'s were being thrown around with anyone that would take the US\'s requirements. Singapore and Chile got ones without having to go to Iraq.
Despite our lack of troop numbers there we have aligned Australian success or failure in Iraq to America\'s success or failure. Not a smart thing with Bush at the helm. We also did not deploy enough troops or money to make a difference in Iraq, IMO it was a fools errand.
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