Re: [off topic] Urgent Requirement for Linux Developers!

phil-news-nospam_at_ipal.net
Date: 06/02/05 

Date: 2 Jun 2005 19:29:09 GMT

In comp.os.linux.development.system Bill Pringlemeir <spam_account@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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| In comp.os.linux.development.system Prafulla Harpanhalli
|
|>> That happens all the while.. but if things work out cheaper in
|>> India and elsewhere in asia, why blame INDIANS? Blame your CEOs!
|
| On 2 Jun 2005, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote:
|> Exactly. Indians are not to blame. They are only doing what is
|> right for themselves. Why should anyone in India decide _not_ to do
|> something just because it has a lower cost?
|
| What is a concern is that corporations can circumvent labour and
| business practice laws by moving an operation to a foreign country.
| The same business that competes in the country of consumption must
| comply with these laws. For instance, maternity leave, over-time
| compensation, equality law (access for disabled), higher taxation
| rates, environmental protection, employee health benefits, etc.
|
| This creates a situation where companies can dictate government
| policy. If a developing country wants to encourage a gender equality,
| the shop can pack up and move to another country.
|
| This is all fine and good by the free enterprise model. However, the
| country of consumption *MUST* be able to impose import tariffs. This
| is generally not the case with the current world trade laws.

I agree with you on that. It is certainly not fair trade, and it also
circumvents the will of the voters.

| The free enterprise model has several short coming. Such as monopoly
| exploitation (perfect competitive assumption), in-elastic supply demand
| curves and the inability to factor infinite economies of scale given
| by software and other media industries.
|
| I would lose my job or take a lower pay check if life becomes better
| for all Indian. I will not if it only supports those rich enough to
| be educated (high enough in a cast system). Are people really so wrong
| to be opposed to this?

I look forward to India being a more prosperous nation. But it has a
long way to go, and a lot of people will be left out for quite a long
time.

| Possibly people oppose it for simple material reasons. However, the
| migrations of jobs across borders in the current polito-economic
| situation tends to undermine many progressive laws for the protection
| of people.

True. 

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