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The advent of outsourcing has greatly impacted the face of IT. As you know, India has taken the leading role in IT outsourcing and China is quickly catching up. In 2007, China’s software industry achieved revenue of RMB 583.43 billion and 21.5% YoY (year on year) growth; approximately 5 times more than half a decade ago, and CAGR was 39.4%. As a result of this explosive growth in IT outsourcing, Chinese software engineers working in this sector are increasingly exposed to technical areas they may be unfamiliar with. One of these areas is LAMP, especially when the P stands for “Perl” and not “PHP.” This presents a unique set of challenges to the Chinese software engineer and to the Perl community. This can also be a problem for companies who wish to outsource their LAMP projects but are coming up against a wall when it comes to finding the skilled resources they need.

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