The latest trends are polar opposites. While some mavens crow about pair programming and on-site customers, others distribute development across the globe. Do lower costs justify oceanic rifts among team members? Three offshore project managers say yes. In just five years; offshoring has shaken the u.s. it industry out of hibernation into new speculation and activity. Unlike the roaring '90s, however, this new push eschews gold-plated projects and packaged solutions in favor of theoretically low-cost, high-return custom work done in countries where developers earn a fraction of U.S. salaries.
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