Almost everyone has a strong opinion on international outsourcing. But there really is virtually no publicly available, objective, comprehensive data on this topic (see Senator Lieberman's paper Data Dearth in Offshore Outsourcing: Policymaking Requires Facts). So all of those strong opinions are based completely on preconceived notions, anecodotal evidence or both. This is no foundation for rational thought, discussion or action. So what happens when the "coventional wisdom" on outsourcing, meets with hard data? As the creator of RentACoder.com (an open marketplace for computer programming where 2/3rd of the parties choose to outsource internationally), I examine that data. Outsourcing is both more and less than most people believe and understand.