Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Bill Geschwind)]

How about:

Doctors and healthcare in general: wouldn't want to fly to Hungary for a
dental cleaning or have to be airlifted to Bangalore after an automobile
accident (imagine the costs involved there!).
Law enforcement and emergency services (firefighters, etc.). By the time =
the
Manila FD arrives, there won't be much left of my house if it were to =
catch
on fire.
Education, at least primary and secondary; not that the educational =
system
here is much to brag about, but imagine sending your teenager to
Turkmenistan to learn basic skills.
Professional sports: Would anybody still follow the Boston Bruins after =
they
have become the Budapest Bruins?
Foodservice: That's Hello Deli, not Hello Delhi! (OK, so Hello Deli =
hasn't
been around in a few years, but you get the idea...)

Offensive strategy? Imagine how much money the taxpayer could save if we
could outsource 'The Army of One' to a country in the region of the
conflict. No need to deploy our local boys halfway around the globe. The
savings in transportation costs alone would be staggering!

- Bill

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> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:27 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [internetworkers] where your job is headed ...
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> >immune to such things, and the big question is what are each of us
> >personally going to do about it?
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> I was waiting for the discussion to get to this point. My=20
> guess is that a
> defensive strategy would be a profession that requires=20
> physical presence or
> locality knowledge.
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> lawyers - knowledge locality (state or national). I wouldn't want my
> paperwork handled in Uzbekistan even if it was $20/hr.
> sales - cultural knowledge/relationships. maybe? If it all=20
> becomes Dell-like
> ordering centers, maybe you could outsource it.
> pastry chef - physical presence. We have yet to have the=20
> technology to 'scp'
> over a scone.
> what else?
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> an offensive strategy escapes me at the moment.
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> - SL
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