[thrower123]

Because outsourcing fails and is abandoned after two or three years, when the real costs have become apparent. The bastards that thought it up have moved up and out on the strengths of the initial cost savings by the time those chickens come home to roost.

You don't have to see this kind of cycle too many times before you get a little cynical.

[d44m]

I've been in the IT industry for close to 20 years now. Outsourcing as a factor is not significant in project failures.

Also, most outsourcing companies have been around for a while and are doing fairly well.

[jfim]

Outsourcing of IT duties (helpdesk, etc.) or outsourcing of software development? Those two are very different.