Re: Overseas Job Migrations - one industry's perspective

I am particularly interested in Rich Lemert's view on this article
he's talking about, for two reasons.  One, well it is an interesting
topic and I don't have time to read the article :)  But two is that
Rich has in the past been mostly on the pro-free-market side of
things.  This is something that could (and perhaps is) affect him
directly.

Personally, I think the only thing that is going to help in the long
term (and it might be reallllly long term) is pursuing global
unionization.

Brian Moore


On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:54:55 GMT, L Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Regular participants in this forum will recognize me as a chemical 
>engineer by training
>who's current position is related to the semiconductor industry. To be 
>more precise about
>my position, I'm working in what's referred to as "EDA" - Electronic 
>Design Automation.
>The companies in this industry write the software that the semiconductor 
>companies -
>Motorola, IBM, Intel, etc - use to design their chips. Because we are 
>software companies,
>we are subject to the trend that's been discussed all over the place 
>lately of "high-tech"
>(read "computer") jobs that are going overseas.
>
>  I bring this up because there's an interesting article available 
>on-line that pertains directly
>to this subject. Top executives in many of the leading EDA companies 
>were asked
>about their overseas presence - do they have R&D centers overseas, and 
>if so where;
>why have they established these centers; what are the pros and cons of 
>moving your
>development overseas; are there security issues involved in having these 
>sites overseas; etc.
>I'm only about half-way through it, so I'm not going to comment on what 
>the participants
>are saying - other than to say that I think it's very informative and 
>interesting.
>
>  The article can be found at www.edacafe.com. On the left hand side of 
>the page,
>there will be a box titled "EDA Weekly". If this box lists Nov 2-7 as 
>the date, select
>"this week's column"; if not, you'll have to go through the "previous 
>columns" link.
>The article you want is titled "Peace & Prosperity".
>
>  (If you have trouble getting it, I have an electronic subscription 
>that includes copies of
>the article. Contact me off-line and I'll try to send you a copy.)
>
>Rich Lemert