>But some IT manager buyers just can't resist the lure of corporate marketing offered by offshore system house. It says a lot about the state of affairs in IT departments.
Nothing could be more at the point. Just remembered: "Nobody was ever been fired for choosing IBM".
>It would seem IT managers lack the compitence and confidence to assure they will deliver a project and will do anything to duck their responsibility!
If it fails it was someone else's imcompetence. The "Pilatos syndrome" <s>