Bound to happen. Makes even more sense than transfering industries abroad. After all, all you need are computers and some bright people. And there are plenty of bright people in other countries.

(This is from a www.cnn.com quiz. I would just give the link, but it is a Java window thingy, and I'm not sure how to get it to work)

1) Which percentage of U.S. industrial companies use or are considering using offshore information-technology resources, according to a recent study by Forrester Research?

11 percent
23 percent
34 percent
41 percent

Answer - 41%

2) The average salary of a programmer at Luxoft, a Russian software designer for many large U.S. businesses, is what portion of the average salary of a programmer in the United States?

One-eighth
One-fifth
One-third
One-half

Answer - One-fifth

3) The production cost of a half-hour animated program is about $250,000-$400,000 in the United States. About how much is the production cost in South Korea?

$80,000-$100,000
$110,000-$120,000
$140,000-$150,000
$200,000-$300,000

Answer $110,000-120,000

4) Ranked by quality of labor, which city is the top outsourcing market, according to a recent study by Jones Lang LaSalle?

Mexico City
Sao Paolo
Manila
Bangalore

Answer - Manila


5) Which incentive is offered by the Philippine government to encourage firms to outsource work to the Philippines?

A multi-year income-tax holiday
Annual deduction on labor expenses
Exemption from taxes and duties on imported equipment and materials
All of the above

Answer - all of the above.


6) What is India's share of the global outsourcing market, according to Gartner Research?

30 percent
40 percent
60 percent
80 percent

Answer - 80%


7) What percent of India's software exports are destined for the United States?

50 percent
60 percent
70 percent
80 percent

Answer - 70%


8) Argentina has become a more attractive outsourcing destination since the devaluation of the peso in 2002. By which percentage is revenue from Argentina's software industry expected to grow over the next three years?

25 percent
50 percent
70 percent
90 percent

Answer - 70%