It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything related to the Mono project, the open source (and cross-platform) implementation of Microsoft’s .NET. But something really interesting came up today. Mono has been ported to the iPhone. Last year, parts of the Mono Project, were also made available for the OpenMoko Neo1973 phone.
As I’ve been using C# 3.0 with VS.NET 2008 at work on a production project, I thought it would make sense to mention the great tutorials posted by Michael Sync on the subject. One of the most appealing aspects of VS.NET 2008 for me has been the in-built Ajax support (basically post-back’s are processed as Ajax calls with dynamic updates within an UpdatePanel, giving a much more seamless client-server interaction).
A recent article at Forbes titled “The Coming Death Of Indian Outsourcing” reads:
Information technology and IT-enabled services will employ 4 million people in 2008 and account for 7% of gross domestic product and 33% of India’s foreign-exchange inflows, according to Nasscom, an Indian IT industry organization.
The death of this industry is far from anyone’s mind.
However, the reality is that wages are rising in India. The cost advantage for offshoring to India used to be at least 1:6. Today, it is at best 1:3. Attrition is scary.
Well, the SaaS trend plays against Indian outsourcing as well. The cost advantage will disappear pretty soon. That’s where innovation can rescue India’s economical chain.