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Systems 11

Management

“I’ve worked with him before, but not on an Android project.” James Wu
and Jared Cooper are discussing the pros and cons of outsourcing Amazon Fire
phone development to India.
“But it was a phone application?” Jared trusts James to do his homework,
but he wants to understand his risks in outsourcing.
“Right, and in native iOS. I’m not sure about his skills developing on Android.”
“So tell me what you know about this guy.”
“His name is Ajit Barid. At least that’s the name of his company.” James
looks a little sheepish.
“That’s not his name?”
“I don’t know. Maybe. You know what Ajit Barid means?” He starts to smile . . .
“No. What?”
“Invincible cloud.”
“Umm . . . probably not the name his mother gave him . . . or she was
prophetic. James, this makes me nervous. I don’t know anything about doing
business in India. The guy takes our money and runs, what do we do?” Jared is
down to business now.
“Well, we don’t pay him until he delivers . . . or at least not much. But I’ve had
a positive experience with him, and his references are good on a recent game
development project.”