Fabricio Araujo wrote:

> On Tue, 09 May 2006 19:47:24 -0300, Alexandre Benson Smith wrote:
>
>
>>> 4. Find out why US developers are shunning the project and fix it.
>>>
>>>
>> Again, what is the importance of the nationality of the developers ?
>> What about why not so many developers from India involved on the project
>> ? The question could be rephrased as "How could FB bring more developers
>> to the team ? (no mater where they lives)"
>>
>
> I believe he insists on this because most of mainstram IT press
> is in USA.
> If a product have a good parcel of US developers/users in US, it
> "automatically" (not that easy, I know) eventually will get
> some attention from US press. It's a visibility problem, not a
> tech one.
>

Just another history of US programmers not on the top...

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114721319725548216-EPUotRD8d3aZ4HFijEN8r_DOdJQ_20070509.html?mod=blogs

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br