The scale of poverty is huge. With 1.2 billion, the number of poor and destitute will always be high. This is unfortunate but true.
I go to India a lot and do see people locking themselves in from reality. BUT, there are many more who do make an effort to improve the lives of the poor.
Anywho, India is India and will always be India. So if you don't like it, don't go there. If you live there and don't like it, leave. Otherwise, take it all in!
Android phones are available for free from carriers. Thus, the typical Android buy is more price sensitive. They are more likely to choose free content & apps.
iPhone customers don't get FREE iPhones. They are willing to pay $200+ for a phone and contract. Their willingness to pay for apps & content is higher than Android users.
Just look at Angry Birds. It's FREE on the Android store, but charged for on the iOS store.
It's interesting how inventions from the early part of the 1900s are becoming more useful today. I remember reading an article which stated that engineers were re-discovering mathematical models from the early 1900s for use today.
The big concern I have is that we'll end up with more expensive hybrid cars and China will have the cost-effective stuff.
I currently work at Japanese company in San Jose, but I don't see this type of behavior. The caveat is that I've only worked for a year here, so I may not be exposed yet.
I'd really like to know if Japanese society looks down on people who have embarrassed themselves. The executives must have a reason to prevent embarrassment and risk lives.
I'll probably open mine in Pleasanton or Dublin, CA. It is 30 miles NW of Silicon Valley, give or take a few miles. Here's why:
- Employees can get to these two cities using BART, 580, 680 or ACE trains. This allows me to make it easy for a diverse mix of employees to come work for me (tech, support, admin, mktng, research)
- Slightly lower COL. I don't know the exact number, but housing is a bit lower here than in San Jose/Santa Clara. It's generally a reverse commute.
- Same weather and cultural benefits that come with working in the Bay Area.
1) The specs are not in place
2) They are a software company, mostly
3) The managers are not really managers, but engineers who were given a battle field promotion
4) They have a set of key customers who control 51% of revenue, who dictate everything and change their mind frequently
I've been to Dubai. It's boring, very boring. The shops & malls are too expensive. The non-Arab "residents" are mostly people stealing from their homeland and splurging in Dubai. It's really sad.
Don't get me started on the South Asian workers, it's a modern day slave trade.
Cegila for his part must be really naive.