Quote: “I think we should strengthen the strong”
I came across a great article today, on wsp . It shows the potential problems the now overgrowing IT industry might have in US in just a decade or so.
As you know, some of the biggest IT companies of the world come from US (Apple, HP, Dell, IBM, Microsoft, etc). The current crisis have quite a small impact on this industry, while others lay in ruins. But there are people capable of seeing the dirt behind the fancy fence (and house).
Let’s take the current situation of the big US car manufacturers. Once the biggest companies in this domain, Ford or GM are now licking their wounds. Other companies came from far behind and beat them. Why? Because the Americans kept building their huge ugly gas eating cars and invested almost nothing in research and new technology. And now… they are find behind…
The same thing might happen with the IT industry: US companies might loose ground quickly in their fight with Japanese, Chinese or Indian companies. Why? Cause these countries invest a lot in education and research. It is known that most of the people working in the US in IT research come from abroad. What will happen then when these people won’t want to come to the US anymore? When all the Chinese, eastern Europeans, Indians, etc will rather stay back home… What will happen to the US IT companies then? And those days are not as far as you might think…
That’s a pretty good question, ay? For a more strong point of view and better description of the situation, read the entire article in the WSP. It is well worth it.
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Thanks for hte post, interesting to think about. I think it’s only natural to get lazy once you are far ahead of your competition, and we see this in sports all the time. Let’s hope they get their act together before a similar catastrophe happens with them.
A very interesting post and sure needs to be given a thought about, i think what you are saying is a fact and if some measures to rectify it is not taken up immediately we may have to go through a very hard phase.