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Comment Re:Well (Score 1) 1002

by Shome (#36150776) Attached to: Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor?

The company down the street seems quite happy to shell out another $200-$300 to keep that $120,000/year developer happy. If your developer is any good, maybe he'll just go work for them.

Is this where we have come to! Changing the job as a response to a short term resource crunch in my company that removes a convenience!
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Submission + - Apple blames "External Force" for iPhone b

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Shome writes: "As reported in Sydney Herald and a number of other publications, Apple has stated that there is no evidence that recent iPhone explosions reported by the users are connected to overheating of batteries. It may be stated that French consumer affairs authorities have started their own investigation on the reported explosions, some of which have caused minor injuries to the users, and are studying the phone's safety features. The Inquirer runs a piece that blames Apple for blaming its customers. "This mysterious force is not God, or a rival religion, nor does it require any metaphysics to understand. An "external force" is just Apple's term for the black shirted people who believe that everything that Apple makes is wonderful. It is what other companies call their 'customers'." writes Nick Farrell."

Comment Re:Worried about the cost of your actions? (Score 1) 730

by Shome (#29062207) Attached to: Why Should I Trust My Network Administrator?

But if you outsource your IT work to India (or to someone who subcontracts it to India), you have no such recourse. What are you going to do if they steal it? Sue them? Have them jailed? Good luck with that.

You are missing the point here. Outsourcing != offshoring. And wherever you send your work, withing the country or to India (as an example), you can have legal safeguards and protection. I remember a fraud case 3/4 years ago, where a couple of Citibank customers were embezzled by a Citibank call center. The Indian Cyber Police (yes, they have a special unit dealing with cyber crime) nabbed the 2-3 Indians involved in the act and recovered the money. Nothing happened in US, and the US call center presumably hushed it up. However, the main point the author is making is different - he is questioning how he can trust a person/team which is working unsupervised.

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