This is an old trend with out sourcing tasks to other countries. Mexico comes to mind right away. Now to the point of this posting, I don't think that IT workers in the US are in dire straights. A company needs to have a strong management structure and proper processes in place. This limits to the large companies. Joe Blow Business can't afford to go out and out source their IT department to India. To face facts there are greater number of smaller business in the US than large ones. These trends normally do die out since so many blunders will happen and difficultly of management. Don't remember the future we're doomed to repeat it!