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Talkback: Offshoring not costing developer jobs?

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Jan 11, 20071 min

Offshoring of software development by software companies is not costing Americans jobs, according to a report being announced Thursday by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

“[Offshoring] was used almost entirely as a form of expansion, not as a replacement,” Thomas said.

“There’s a lot of negative talk,” that is particularly political, about offshoring costing American jobs, Thomas said. “That’s not really the case.”

Do you agree? Have a story about losing your job, or one that is supportive of this survey? Have your say, below.

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Mike Barton started out in online slinging HTML for CNET.com in the late 1990s and began his editorial career at New Media magazine shortly thereafter. In his early days, he was an editor at Ziff-Davis's PC Computing and ZDNet.com before heading Down Under, where he produced and edited the business and technology sections of The Sydney Morning Herald online. After returning to the States in 2006, he has worked for IDG's Infoworld, PCWorld, Computerworld, and CSO Online. He currently edits and produces WIRED.com's Innovation Insights, and is a contributing editor at ITworld.

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