Although there is some political instability in a country like India, it really doesn't impact the software development, primarily because all of this work is done through satellite links. |
The things that work well offshore are the things that do not require frequent client interaction, [such as] very well-defined application development -- the key word being well-defined -- application maintenance, year-2000 [problems], things of that nature. |
There is a fair amount of discipline and overhead involved in doing work offshore. Issues like configuration management and version control become dramatically more complex when you've got teams several time zones apart. |
We are extremely pleased to have these two distinguished individuals as members of our Board of Directors. |