Of all things to patent..

[Blaze]

http://techdirt.com/articles/20080505/220002.shtml

Apparently, Bank of America is attempting to patent outsourcing! 

[Joe]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

[iago]

Awesome! If they patent it, then other companies may not be able to do it anymore!

[warz]

outsourcing isn't as bad as you make it sound. you're all obviously referring to outsourcing where the client companies are in foreign countries. this isn't the only type of outsourcing. nortel outsources tons of things, and it speeds up development.

[Joe]

I didn't read the patent itself, but does anyone know if this involved hiring foreign people (in mass, of course -- only coming here for the job) for 6-12mo periods? I'm not sure how much this happens in your areas, but in WI Dells, 50%+ of the employees are foreign.

[iago]

outsourcing isn't as bad as you make it sound. you're all obviously referring to outsourcing where the client companies are in foreign countries. this isn't the only type of outsourcing. nortel outsources tons of things, and it speeds up development.

I'm not entirely sure who you're talking to, but that's the type of outsourcing that is being patented, and the type that everybody in the thread is talking about.

[warz]

uh, you even quoted my original post where i said exactly what you just said. thank you for telling me what i already knew, though - just incase others didn't pick up on it, either.

[iago]

uh, you even quoted my original post where i said exactly what you just said. thank you for telling me what i already knew, though - just incase others didn't pick up on it, either.

I still have no idea what you're talking about.

In your first post, you seemed to imply that somebody didn't understand what type of "outsourcing" was being talked about, even though it seems that everybody in the thread does.

I'm just confused.