Exactly....for all this FUD about licensing costs, if that's the difference between make or break, or affects your profitability in a major way, then you have a lot bigger problems than your licensing cost.
Alexa ranks oDesk higher in terms of traffic compared with vWorker. Interestingly, the xconomy article mentions Guru.com and Elance.com but didn't mention Freelancer.com, which is neck and neck with ODesk.com.