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	Sunday, June 26, 2005

The Future of Email  (techdrivenlife) Email has changed our lives.  But there are better ways to do things.  Sometimes, it just doesn't make sense to keep emailing back and forth documents to dozens of people to get it revised or updated. It clogs up the email system and so many people get lost on tracking version control.  There are better ways.  Here is an excellent interview on how Bill Gates see where the industry is going, together with Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's newest tech guru when Microsoft purchased Groove Networks to improve on collaborationware <more>....   1:12:33 PM     comment []   trackback []

Outsourcing and Offshoring  (techdrivenlife) According to a study, one tenth of the developed world's service job is capable of being outsourced to low-wage countries like China and India.  In reality, only an estimated 1% of this will probably be outsourced by 2008.  That translates to 4.1 million jobs ( as opposed to a theoretical possibility of over 41 million jobs).  4 million jobs may sound a lot , but it should not be a concern because according to statistics ending March 2005,  actually 4.6 million jobs were started every month in the United States alone. At any rate, when we look at the numbe of engineers that is capable and have the skills to work in a multi-national company, Fortune presents a following study based on a McKinsey report on where the engineers are: The United States - 540,000 China - 160,000 India - 130,000 Germany 100,000 Philippines 60,000     10:07:45 AM     comment []   trackback []