Issues for global IT outsourcing. InfoWorld discusses issues surrounding global IT outsourcing.

It’s tempting to believe global outsourcing is as simple as “specs in, widgets out,” jokes Brian Behlendorf , co-founder of Brisbane, Calif.-based CollabNet — an ASP that supports distributed software development — and co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation. Behlendorf points out, however, that in reality things never work that way. “Those specs and widgets are embedded in a complex and subtle framework of collaboration.”

They also go on to discuss some lessons IT managers can learn from open-source development projects. [The Job Blog]