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software development  Summary: Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has
decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services, and you can't
help but think of the Qantas example.  Aussie smartcard vendor
ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),
and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.  We covered
the ERG decision exclusively on ZDNet Australia this week. The
company will use TCS's software development services in India to
either complement or replace (ERG won't tell us) its existing
developers in Perth. If you're a software developer, or are
looking to employ some in WA, or even Australia for that matter,
this can't be good news for you.  You have to wonder whether ERG
is taking a leaf out of Qantas's book from last year. TCS was
involved there too.  TCS scored the largest outsourcing contract
by an Indian vendor in Australia when the airline decided to
hand it a AU$120 million contract for application support. Along
with a