[ale] Indian outsourcing

[attriel]

> "Ritesh Maniar reminds me that Hexaware has scored a Level 5 rating from
> Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, the highest
> international standard a software company can achieve. The others are
> quick to note that, of the 70 or so companies in the world that have
> earned this designation, half are from India. Over several days, here
> and at other companies, I hear this factoid repeated like a campaign
> talking point.

Actually, the issue is that indians live in a society where structure and
methods are very tightly trained into them at young ages.

Driving down the street, you'll see a huge number of ISO certified
businesses.  SEI5 isn't terribly surprising, honestly.  The society has
reached a point where structure and red-tape are not "ugh, how annoying"
but rather "triplicate, check."  If you try to do something WITHOUT a
plan, process, or structure, it can actually confuse people :o

--attriel