Sorry the thread got off it's base Isla, here is Outsourcing News from retired Intel founder Andy Grove.
10-10-2003
Andy Grove lashes out at Outsourcing, Patent insanity and slow speed Internet in U.S.
Grove acknowledged under questioning that the tech industry itself is responsible for numerous jobs leaving the United States, as firms take advantage of considerably cheaper labor costs in India and elsewhere.
Grove chided U.S. policymakers for all but ignoring the problem.
"What is the U.S. public policy?" he asked. "I am hard put to find a document" outlining a policy strategy.
He said he had detected no recognition of the problem from any of the presidential candidates.
He said that the inability of patent examiners to handle the workload has led to a backlog of important applications, but also less than thorough vetting of patents that perhaps should not be granted.
Grove also said the country lags dangerously behind in popular use of high-speed Internet connections, funding for science and technology research, and education.
Andy Grove Speaks out on Offshore Outsourcing
Andy Grove, of Intel fame, "spoke out" at a recent technology summit in Washington about the current trend towards offshore outsourcing and how it's causing the US to slowly but surely lose its edge in the tech sector. He states plainly that the US government must step in to restore balance between the need for profits and the lure of offshore outsourcing. There are also pokes at the patent system and slow adoption of broadband internet access. An interesting insight into what's going on inside the heads of the US's tech leaders."