Posted on 06/08/2006 8:31:43 AM PDT by G. Stolyarov II
I read that it used to cost about $70 on average for a computer geek to walk from cubicle to cubicle to install the needed software on individual PCs at different work stations.
Now, IBM has 200 people in Toronto running a software installation factory for clients worldwide. Packages are delivered over the Internet to machines at 20 cents per PC.
Whoa! Big difference!
Giants in the PC market don't have the luxury of making gradual changes in the way they do things anymore.
Indian companies have rewritten the rules of competition - because Indians can do it cheaper and with high quality.
Consequently, western tech-services giants are being forced to realign their workforces - to rely on overseas workers in India, China, Brazil, and Eastern Europe.
Infosys CEO Nandan M. Nilekani says the big companies "are acknowledging the megatrends but not moving fast enough."
What would happen if India or China decided they would NOT build or service American PCs anymore and instead did their own?
Hmm...where would that leave the IBMs and Dells? And how much would we have to pay for them then?
What do you think?
The World Is Flat!
"Of course, the savings are passed on to American consumers......."
Of course the savings are realized as greater profit for the corporations and the former employees struggled to afford a roof over their head.
Of course I come from the applied school of economics and not the theoretical.
Hah! I can still load up a copy of Office 98 from 26 floppy disks cheaper than that.
They wouldn't dare. If they can do it for $.20 they are relying not just on cheap labor, but automation with cheap labor to keep the 'bots running. Someone else would quickly figure out how to do it for under a buck.
The important truth is that having individual computers for each employee with an individual copy of every possible application that might be needed is STUPID.
Can we please go back to dumb terminals?
Big Blue still sellin alot of big iron.
Wanna stay employed for the rest of your life and basically write your own ticket?
Learn Cobol.
I did COBOL in school but I ended up a UNIX admin (thank god). Everyone's coming back home! :-)
Tell me more, I'm interested.
Cheers!
IBM PC's are now in the domain of China and Dell is bringing back customer support to USA.
As a side note, I am a contractor for HP. It takes at least 30 minutes on the phone to India to get a password reset. I received an email notice that my password would expire in 30 days, 2 WEEKS AFTER IT EXPIRED!
I'm glad they pay me for my services and I don't pay them!
My COBOL employment died after Y2K.... where do I send a resume?
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