Re: Support of open-source software by business

[Anders Schneiderman <SCHNEIDA@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx 07/31/03 12:19PM >>>
>>what is interesting (at least to me, because i am "in the space") is
>>that the high-paying privileged jobs in IT (the ones that ivy league
>>educated "liberal" white men filled) are being outsourced to india or
>>elsewhere, and some of the whining from these "liberals" sounds quite
>>inconsistent. that perception (of mine) might be correct and
>>uninteresting, yet insignificant. but perhaps not... being higher up in
>>the food chain, the influence [of those now affected] must be
>>exponentially larger than that of the blue collar workers. further,
>>would it be true that this segment is a swing voter group (that cannot
>>be swayed using some other means such as appeals to racism or nationalism)?

>Gartner says 1 in 10 IT jobs may be outsourced overseas. According to
>the BLS, there are about 3 million workers in the information sector
>(and that includes old-line stuff like book publishing). So I wonder
>how big an electoral factor they'll be.
>Doug

Not to mention, a hell of a lot of them are libertarians, not liberals, so mostly they'll just whine.

Anders