[thelist] Design/Development Goes Third World?

I've saved these three emails because I they struck me as odd ... but 
since I've received three of them, I am wondering if we will 
eventually be buying web sites made in the same countries that have 
made our shoes ...

At 10:41 PM +0530 5/10/00, Rajesh G. Nair wrote:
>Dear Mr. Erik,
>
>Greetings.
>
>We are a software development company having offices in US,UK, 
>Australia and Dubai with a development center in Bangalore,India. We 
>do  projects in Internet/E-Commerce and Client-Server technologies 
>for clients all over the world. We can do development work for you 
>at a competitive price of $18 per man-hour as the development  work 
>will be done in India. Please refer to our handout enclosed herewith 
>for more information with regard to the company.
>    
>If you have any queries please do write back to us.
>
>Regards
>Rajesh G. Nair
>Business Development Manager
>Nous Infosystems

At 12:46 PM +0300 4/13/00, Elena Iodo wrote:
>Subject: Looking for a partner.
>
>
>Dear Erik Mattheis,
>
>  I looked through your Web site recently 
>on <http://www.gourmandizer.com>http://www.xxx.com  and have taken 
>the liberty to suggest that our services would be of value to you.
>
>We are a web site design and software development company with 
>offices in Czech Republic and Belarus looking for strategic partners 
>among design companies in the USA and other countries.
>
>We can provide various professional design and graphic services and 
>significant cost savings due to our Eastern Europe location what may 
>suit your needs.
>
>You can find more information on our web site at
><http://www.web-space-station.com>http://www.xxx.com and contact us 
>at your earliest
>convenience.
>
>Please find our portfolio:
><http://www.web-space-station.com/web-design/flight-log.html>http://www.xxx.com/web-design/flight-log.html
>
><http://www.web-space-station.com/software/why-outsourcing-offshore.html>http://www.xxx.com/software/why-outsourcing-offshore.html
>
>I look forward to speaking to you soon.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Elena Iodo
>Sales Manager
>
>PS We highly concerned about ethical business. We contact you in 
>result of our targeted on-line search. It's a business-to-business 
>proposal and you are not in any mailing list. If you do not reply we 
>will assume that you are not interested in our proposal and never 
>contact you again.
>
>
>WEB SPACE STATION - web site design, programming, services.
>  E-mail: <mailto:sales@web-space-station.com>sales@xxx.com
>  <http://www.web-space-station.com>http://www.xxx.com


At 1:15 PM +0530 3/25/00, Manish Buttan wrote:
>Please forward to the appropriate person
>
>Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>We are a multimedia and internet development company based in India, 
>having a team of 55 artists, animators and multimedia programmers, 
>with five years of experience and a prestigious client list.
>
>We are currently looking for multimedia and internet assignments for 
>us to develop at our facilities.
>
>Due to lower skilled labour costs, we are able to charge as low as 
>$10/- to $15/- (U.S.) per man hour for most of our services.
>
>We can undertake development in Artwork, Graphic Design, Typography, 
>Animation and interactive authoring for Internet / Intranet or 
>CD-Rom projects. We also undertake complete turnkey production of 
>multimedia projects.
>
>We have successfully worked with a lot of CBT companies to convert 
>thier client-server CBT's, to the internet format.
>
>Kindly let us know if Gozz is currently outsourcing production work.
>
>At our end, we have a professional team, that delivers quality 
>digital content at cost effective prices and as fast as you 
>can produce it in-house.
>
>Our web site has just been re-vamped and will be up shortly. In the 
>meantime, I would be happy to fedex you our sample pack for you to 
>see our work. Please send me your mailing address and telephone nos. 
>for the same.
>
>You may want to look at some Flash work we did a while ago for 
>GoldenBooks in New York. It is a kids Horror book (age 3 to 6) for 
>Halloween.
>
><http://www.goldenbooks.com/fun/emagic/flash/iyd.html>http://www.xxx.com/fun/emagic/flash/iyd.html
>
>and some web site options for other clients in the U.S.
>
><http://www.ccipl.com/weboptions>http://www.xxx.com/weboptions
>
>Our sample pack would enable you to get a clearer picture, of the 
>many projects we have executed.
>
>Awaiting your reply,
>
>Regards,
>
>Manish Buttan
>Director
>Creative Concepts India Pvt. Ltd.
>
>e-mail: <mailto:manish@ccipl.com>manish@xxx.com
>
>N.B.- We have been awarded "Best Animation Company" in the Autodesk 
>Competition and "Best Multimedia Company" at the CEAD awards
>
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