If the dev can't handle the criticism of missed code coverage. Then he/she is not a "top talent" programmer

Jokes aside as how 50% of the world things software testers are monkeys bashing on a keyboard and another 40% think we're just game testers with no degrees. Where's the cry for talented software testers? It's reached the point that developers are far easier to get than a good software tester. The number of bugs that are openly visible in software is ridiculous as people tell companies to push rapidly & push often and let their customers find the bugs :(.

Hollywood is running our government :(

The 20 gb size is for windows 8 pro for intel, there are no numbers yet on how bit the windows RT OS is yet.

I'm not in charge of out-sourcing, I'm in the shittier spot. Testing the code that the out sourced developers create. Here's my stance on outsourcing 1) They often will not be able to take high level goals/ideas like we do in America, you have to break it way down for them 2) You have to create a design spec for them and they will follow it to the point of no-return, so I hope you don't send them the draft by accident 3) Expect many hours wasted due to time zones/language barriers, also be prepared for some late night/early-morning conference calls, I found it best to just use an IM system & screen shares as they will avoid the accent issues. You can try MSN's auto-translate feature for IMs. 4) Set a VERY strict limit for them on number of bugs/features you expect them to finish each day/week, otherwise they will loiter around for awhile 5) Make sure communication with the devs who do the coding goes through their bosses, cause their boss is the one who will walk over and yell at them to stop procrastinating My opinion of a cutoff point is that if it takes your developer as long to explain something to them, he/she should do it himself. Yes I know you want to bring up your "off-shore" team to the same standard as your in-house developers, but lets face it, they aren't in the office so they won't be as good. Don't be afraid to cut them, you might've dropped a ton of money/time into things, but be willing to cut your losses.