"leslie" <LESLIE@JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM> wrote in message
news:SM3ab.36011$z32.27636@twister.austin.rr.com.. .
> xaiver.ornelas@hp.com (none@email.com) wrote:

> http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/12/05/cz_qh_1205hp.html
> Forbes.com: The New HP Way: World's Cheapest Consultants
>
> "NEW YORK - Tech giant Hewlett-Packard has seen the future of
> technology consulting. It's on the other side of the globe and it's
> really, really cheap.
>
> "We're trying to move everything we can offshore," HP Services chief
> Ann Livermore told Wall Street analysts at a meeting Wednesday. "We're
> aggressively realigning our resources." Short term, that means adding
> to the software and services personnel HP (nyse: HPQ - news - people )
> already has in India. Further out, HP expects China to also turn into
> a major consulting center..."

If we're really trying to move everything offshore, why don't we start with
the biggest bang for the buck and move management offshore. Lets get rid of
Ann and Carly and the other top managers and replace them with executives
from India and China.
>
> Is this where the U.S. is headed ?:


John