William W. Plummer ) wrote:
:
: And you are right about labor in India. Once they master the
: technology,
:

Make that "technologies", including medicine, pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, et.al.

:
: we will be the customer and will completely lack the ability to
: compete.
:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...how/786093.cms
Now comes Knowledge Process Outsourcing - The Economic Times

"ECONOMICTIMES.COM [ THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2004 12:18:08 AM ]

If you thought outsourcing is limited to just tech jobs, you need to
run an update program. The next big wave is going to involve the
outsourcing of high-skill or 'knowledge' jobs such as accountants,
lawyers, engineers and doctors to foreign countries.

According to Slicon.com, knowledge process offshoring, or KPO will
rule the future and will grow faster than the much talked about BPO.
If you are still wondering what this KPO means, here's an example. A
law firm outsourcing basic case research to trainee lawyers or legal
experts in a foreign country or may be a pharmaceutical company
conducting R&D for new drugs in offshore facilities..."


http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2004/aug/26bpo.htm
'All US tech jobs will move out in a decade'

"'All US tech jobs will move out in a decade'
August 26, 2004 12:04 IST

Every technology-related job in the United States would be moved to
overseas destinations within a decade as relocation of jobs to
countries like India would enable firms to cut costs, a top American
businesswomen has said.

"That is a scary concept," Kathy Brittain White, who was named the
Forbes Top 25 American Businesswomen in 2001, said.

"If something is not done in 10 years, every technology job will be
overseas," White, a former CIO of Cardinal Health Inc, said on
Wednesday..."


--Jerry Leslie
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