One of the crucial parts of American economy, the Software Development Industry, has been hit hard by the ongoing recession. Many companies are announcing larger than usual losses and layoffs. And, not unlike the Airlines, the Software Industry has to contend with high prices on a crucial raw material.
An advanced development process known as Cut and Paste technique has been very popular with software developers for decades. It is not dissimilar to "plagiarism" known in research and literary world, but much more convenient. Unfortunately, while the Cut is readily available and cheap, the world supply of Paste has come under considerable pressure lately. Cut and Paste development is becoming more and more expensive, adding to other pressures the Software Industry is straining under.
"We can hardly afford the cost of Paste any more" - says Jeffrey Zarenburg, a Software Analyst with Regal Bank of Software. "We can cut things just like we used to, but pasting them has became almost uneconomical."
The industry analysts suggest a demand-side explanation for the shortage of Paste: the newly-grown use for Paste in China and India, where the Consulting Companies are deploying the Cut and Paste methodology to keep their hourly rates down. As Western Software Development companies outsource more and more to those emergent markets, we expect the use of Paste to reach heretofoer unknown levels.
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