It sounds logical. By off-loading coding work to developing economies, software firms can hire more programmers for less. That means they can finish their projects in less time and with smaller budgets.

But hold on! This is a classic example of the Mythical Man-Month fallacy. We know that throwing more bodies at a software project won’t help it ship sooner or cost less — quite the opposite. Going overseas only makes matters worse.

via 7 programming myths — busted! | Application Development – InfoWorld.