[petervandijck]

Not at all. It's important to have trust, but I've had great collaborations with people I've never met.

Timezone's do come into play, but they're not much of a problem either.

[MEHOM]

If you had a marketing person in France, a QA guy in Singapore, another pair of developers located in NY city and London, England. How do you get everyone collaborating as a team? Setting up a fair meeting time for everyone can be challenging.