Re: ...they will not be affected by its plans to offshore jobs to India...
I think the phrase 'cargo cult programming' comes to mind.
one of our primary LOB applications is a monstrous, baroque, eldritch horror; we had a database consultant come in a couple years ago (for a ridiculous amount of money, probably) to look at performance problems we had with it. Their response was along the lines of 'it started out with an adequate design, but has been mutated, mutilated, and mangled to the point where it should be thrown out and re-built from scratch.'
anon to protect my paycheck.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
