Re: FN-FORUM: grrrrr india!!!

date posted 12th January 2004 16:44

On 12 Jan 2004, at 17:09, Carla Boulton wrote:

> There is no reason why the developers in India will not do a good job,
> they
> may do a worse but they may do a better job than you, it is not
> politic nor
> correct to suggest that the quality will not be OK.

yeah, i'm sure there are some very skilled people out there. although
the main drawback i have heard is that they are not very 'creative' -
there's not much flair to their work... not by our standards, anyhow.


> The only route to take is the customer service one:
> Telephoning you is a sensibly priced option should support be needed;
> you are UK based so can be called to account easily should you not do
> what
> you say you will do;
> you have a proven UK record with UK references

ya...


> We had this debate at some point recently and I may be changing my
> mind a
> little here but I don't think these companies are a huge threat to us,
> they
> may be cheaper (and mostly now they are not much) but they are often
> unable
> to offer the immediate action that a local developer can and face to
> face or
> knowing that a developer is UK based can engender so more much trust
> than a
> long-distance relationship

yeah, i remember a thread a while back. it's just annoying when a good
contract get's pulled away...


> If they are set on the indian developer idea can you offer to project
> manage
> for them?

unfortunately they wouldn't be interested in that option...