Tech CEOs defend offshore outsourcing
"We should be investing in competitiveness, not protectionism,". "There is never any future in sticking our head in the sand and pretending the competition that exists is not there."
Oct 24, 2003
Make no mistake about it, offshore outsourcing has a bad rap. No one likes the idea of exporting jobs to another country. But, then again, the U.S. government is not doing nearly enough to foster, attract, or retain top IT talent, at least not according to Intel CEO Craig Barrett and HP chief Carly Fiorina.
"We should be investing in competitiveness, not protectionism," Fiorina said. "There is never any future in sticking our head in the sand and pretending the competition that exists is not there."
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"We should be investing in competitiveness, not protectionism," Fiorina said. "There is never any future in sticking our head in the sand and pretending the competition that exists is not there."
Full text of the article is here.