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<p>Thanks for reinforcing my point. That was outsourcing of parts, not major design. When it says design there, it is talking about designing of manufacturing processes and on-the-fly changes that need to be done for manufacturability purposes, not heavy R&D work done towards building a new plane. Boeing outsourced a lot of the plane components, not the design or final assembly.</p>
<p>The article also makes note of exactly what I said: Boeing is cutting back on that practice because it bit them in the butt. The practice directly led to them coming back towards keeping more work domestic.</p>
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<p>The only specific things being mentioned in this article as being outsourced are, again, manufacturing and IT.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I find it hard to trust a source posted on a website dedicated to developing a Unix VM program.</p>