Monthly Archives: January 2004

Increasingly True in India Too

Very insightful post from John Robb It is true that in the US, we have a meat grinder assembly line approach to life. If you fall behind, the machine chews you up and turns you into a hotdog. If you … Continue reading

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Outsourcing Consumer Electronics

Outsourcing Consumer Electronics manufacture (via Gizmodo): Just as Infosys changed the rules of the software development game (it is technology agnostic and willing to cater to anyone — often developing software even for arch-competitors like Lucent/Nortel or Sun/Microsoft), companies like … Continue reading

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Pakistan's Covert Nuclear Proliferation

NY Times: From Rogue Nuclear Programs, Web of Trails Leads to Pakistan: That network is global, stretching from Germany to Dubai and from China to South Asia, and involves many middlemen and suppliers. But what is striking about a string … Continue reading

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Joshua Allen on Offshoring

Joshua Allen: Education is not a passive thing that happens to a student, and the more that students realize that their ultimate competitiveness lies within themselves, the more they will be prepared to push the value curve instead of falling … Continue reading

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