The Liberty Lamp: Libertarian News & Editorials

When reading Slashdot, I came across a very interesting article about a new buisiness model coming out of good old San Diego, home of the greatest LP ever ;)

To make a moderately long story short, this company, SeaCode, will take the whole "IT Outsourcing" thing to a whole new level. What they plan to do is hire all the best cheap foreign IT/coder people out there and set them up on round-the-clock, alternating coding shifts on a used cruise ship three miles off the LA coast in international waters to avoid taxes/red tape, and to not have to deal with the BS visa requirements that would be needed if these foreign workers were based on the mainland full time. The physical security and isolation is purported to increase worker concentration and productivity, while minimizing the ability of corporate spies and door-to-door soliciters to cause trouble.

I give SeaCoders two thumbs up for corporate creativity, and hope they produce good, Open Source software!