you sound incorrect on Taiwan, also without sense of humor
some of the sharpest electrical engineers and design engineers in the world come from Taiwan
I was at Digital Equip Corp from 1980 to 1993
in 1985 or so, a big big event took place
Digital absolutely OWNED & DOMINATED the video terminal niche in the computer industry
at that time DEC mgmt moved all VT100 R&D to Taiwan
we had Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore mfg operations
we set up a specific Taiwan R&D center to exploit the extreme Taiwanese talent
they produced the next generation VT (video terminal) series of products,
which were rendered programmable with unique settings, better refresh times, clearer screen quality, much more, etc
DEC extended its VT dominance BECAUSE OF TAIWAN
word on the street within DEC was that Taiwanese workers were among the most disciplined, hard working, and expert in the world
they had few if any problems like tardiness, drug abuse, and insubordination
Digital later encountered extreme problems
they were unrelated to our exploitation of Taiwan extreme talent
the problems were with moves to super mainframes versus PC's
and salaried sales force versus incentives
and abandoned Seattle Prizm program which later produced Microsoft Windows NT
and much more
of course, Asia offers cheaper labor
that is the kneejerk public opinion belief you buy into
that is not the entire story
YOU ARE NOT ONLY WAY OFF BASE, BUT ARROGANT ABOUT IT
Asia produces 6 to 7 times as many engineers as the USA
they also produce some of the world's best
the trend is sweeping across Asia
it began with Japan, and continued for another 20 years
get a grip
get a sense of humor
also, get real, Taiwan is flooded with talent
their pay scales are not 5x less
their advantage is both number of skilled engrs and depth of skill
it is a very modern society, with competitive wages
cost is only one factor involved
I dont know what your sources of info are, but you seem badly informed
a shortage exists in the USA in talent
check the universities and colleges
they produce a lot of pre-law, too many marketing degrees, too many literature and philosophy degrees, too many general studies degrees, phys ed degrees, on and on
we excel in the soft fields just like soft statistics
not only talent shortage in USA, but professional discipline
you make me laugh at your sneid response
you gotta dig beyond the surface levels
the next wave of R&D developments will come from China
most high tech mfg sites have small R&D centers across China
this covers a wide range of engineering disciplines
e.g. machine tools
/ jim |
