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China is growing to be a very good competition against India for the outsourcing of tech jobs from the US. But its not only China that is competing now, says Paul McDougall in his Digital Life Weblog.

At OutsourceWorld, a conference that’s operating in conjunction with Interop this week at New York’s Javits Center, the vendor booths added up to a virtual United Nations of offshoring. Beyond India and China, there were vendors from Brazil, Australia, Costa Rica, Canada, and Hungary. And even tiny Mauritius was represented.

It’s a nice travelogue, but here’s what this really adds up to: The outsourcing of U.S. tech jobs is going to continue for the foreseeable future. With the rising rupee and 15% annual wage inflation, there are signs that India is becoming expensive and oversold. But the fact is, there’s plenty of other countries lining up to pick up the slack.

Nations in Eastern Europe, South America, and other parts of Asia are all investing the necessary resources in education and infrastructure required to become major players in the flat world.

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