“The traditionally limited computer resources in Russia make Russian programmers more creative in their solutions,” said Dan Dougan from St. Petersburg based Jensen Technologies. To put it more bluntly, Russian programmers can’t afford to buy their own computer so they put it together by hand."
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"It also makes Russia, with its low rates of Internet connection, one of the best penetration markets in the world. Where North America's Internet -with half of a 250 million population online - has overrun the stock market and already locked out lower-level investors, Russia is fertile territory for "dot.com," or in Russia's case "dot.ru," investment and development.
But Dan Dougan, director of operations at Jensen Technologies, an offshore programming company operating in St. Petersburg, disagreed.
"There are four main problems: a low computer penetration rate, low consumer spending, little credit card usage and unreliable logistics systems," he said in an e-mail interview last week."
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"As big companies increasingly commit to outsourcing, it becomes difficult to settle on a country. Andy Favell discusses the pros and cons of the most popular destinations"
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