Gates too casual about outsourcing
ECONOMICTIMES.COM[ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2004 01:59:29 AM ] NEW DELHI: Debates over outsourcing have evoked mixed responses across the globe. Recently after Bill Gates' visit to the US universities, students were thoroughly disappointed and disgruntled. Reason? Gates was silent about US losing hi-tech jobs to India. "It is a little scary for me to see people thinking of this as a zero-sum game," said he while speaking to www.computerweekly.com. Students were by and large disturbed with his responses to questions about increasing competition from China and India. Perhaps they expected some words of consolation from the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. They felt Gates was too casual about the outsourcing issue as he said, "It is not like a war where you have one winner and one loser. China and India are the big change engines for the years ahead, and we should embrace that and understand our new role in that". So what do we get to assume from his statements? Well, as the Microsoft man himself puts it across, jobs will continue to move overseas and salaries for computer engineers will fall as a result of great competition with countries offering cheap, yet skilled labour. The US will have to compete with China and India on merit and not through protectionism. Gates' comments brought in good news for India, but not so good news for those living in the States. Needless to mention, not all Americans were happy about his concerns over the growing number of engineers in lower-wage countries. A student from one of the leading US University expressed his surprise and said, "does he actually care from where he hires his employees?" Several others expressed equal displeasure over his statements. Talking about computer science on www.computerweeklyc.com , Gates said there is plenty of work that still needs to be done. He also pitched a double major of computer science and biology as a ticket for a great future career. "If we look at the PC today, it is certainly a glass half-full in terms of the ease of use," Gates was quoted saying on the same Website. According to him, advances in storing data and in user interfaces, such as unified storage and speech, will make PCs better in the future. Also, artificial intelligence and graphics are major areas of innovation. So instead of paying attention to the number of jobs shifting to India, Americans should buck up and rightfully improve their skills on the upcoming fields. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppiindia.shyper.com *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
