China inches up on India for outsourcing

[Deja Q]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9597-5783800.html

But the initial response was less than enthusiastic, said the Harvard Business School graduate whose company, Freeborders, is in China's southern city of Shenzhen. Western companies seeking to outsource work were focused on India at that time, he said.

"The rest of the world was very skeptical," Cestar said. "India was very successful, and people were satisfied that India was perfect, and there was no need to go anywhere else."

But as the number of U.S. companies with operations in India increased, so did India's wages, personnel turnover and delivery problems, prompting clients to seek alternatives.

Article has more and there are some great reader comments too...

Oh, doesn't "freeboarders" rhyme with "freeloaders"? :rofl:

[aquart]

1. Oh, that's funny.

As to the rhyme, no, it doesn't.

[Maple]

2. That was bound to happen

which is why people didn't need to be so concerned about it in the first place.