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<p>During the time when offshore outsourcing was a big business fad (coinciding with the tech bubble crash to make job prospects in CS very poor at the time), many companies ran off to India as fast as they can to the cheapest outsourcing contractors.</p>
<p>It was only a little while later that they learned that one does not get IIT graduates from the cheapest outsourcing contractors.</p>
<p>It still does make business sense to go offshore for some purposes, such as 24-hour technical support. But if one wants quality, one will have to pay for it, no matter where. Yes, quality may be cheaper in India or China, but issues like time zone coordination and the like add other costs, unless (as in the case of 24-hour technical support) such factors are an advantage for the situation.</p>