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Nice interview
<http://news.com.com/Indian+outsourcers+follow+a+megatrend/2100-1022_3-5896290.html>
with Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys, one of those big Indian IT
outsourcing firms that the USians are complaining about. Some choice
quotes:

Are you worried about the outcry over outsourcing in America?
Nilekani: What's happening is pretty fundamental. If you go back to the
1830s, India and China were 50 percent of the world's GDP, and then they
missed the entire revolution of industry. So if you take a long view of
this game, it's just part of the process.

...

So now you'll be competing with the likes of IBM and Accenture. Do you
think you'll change the cost structure of the consulting business?
Nilekani: This is a battle of business models. We believe that at the
end of the day we have a disruptive business model that is a threat to
the existing business model and older companies will have to reconfigure
themselves to look more like us if they're going to be globally
competitive.

(Here's a guy who knows what "disruptive" means, and how to use it as more
than a marketing term. Unlike Sun.)

Does it feel odd to find yourself lecturing Americans on the joys of
capitalism?
Nilekani: You guys told us for so many years to cut out this socialist
rubbish and go to free markets. We came to free markets and now you're
telling us, "Stop, don't come."

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Nice interview
> <http://news.com.com/Indian+outsourcers+follow+a+megatrend/2100-1022_3-5896290.html>
> with Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys, one of those big Indian IT
> outsourcing firms that the USians are complaining about. Some choice
> quotes:
>
> Are you worried about the outcry over outsourcing in America?
> Nilekani: What's happening is pretty fundamental. If you go back to the
> 1830s, India and China were 50 percent of the world's GDP, and then they
> missed the entire revolution of industry. So if you take a long view of
> this game, it's just part of the process.
>
> ...
>
> So now you'll be competing with the likes of IBM and Accenture. Do you
> think you'll change the cost structure of the consulting business?
> Nilekani: This is a battle of business models. We believe that at the
> end of the day we have a disruptive business model that is a threat to
> the existing business model and older companies will have to reconfigure
> themselves to look more like us if they're going to be globally
> competitive.
>
> (Here's a guy who knows what "disruptive" means, and how to use it as more
> than a marketing term. Unlike Sun.)
>
> Does it feel odd to find yourself lecturing Americans on the joys of
> capitalism?
> Nilekani: You guys told us for so many years to cut out this socialist
> rubbish and go to free markets. We came to free markets and now you're
> telling us, "Stop, don't come."


Funny is'nt it? globalisation from American mega corps thinking they
could buy the world was the greatest thing since sliced bread, except it
has not quite worked out. It was OK for the USA to rape the 3rd world
for raw materials, but now the 3rd world is getting vengence its all
unfair....

So they have cheap and plentiful labour, cheap OSS in Linux and mysql,
etc etc, two huge advantages, and all America can do is try and become
protectionalist....

regards

Thing

In article <724923->,
y says...
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> > Nice interview
> > <http://news.com.com/Indian+outsourcers+follow+a+megatrend/2100-1022_3-5896290.html>
> > with Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys, one of those big Indian IT
> > outsourcing firms that the USians are complaining about. Some choice
> > quotes:
> >
> > Are you worried about the outcry over outsourcing in America?
> > Nilekani: What's happening is pretty fundamental. If you go back to the
> > 1830s, India and China were 50 percent of the world's GDP, and then they
> > missed the entire revolution of industry. So if you take a long view of
> > this game, it's just part of the process.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > So now you'll be competing with the likes of IBM and Accenture. Do you
> > think you'll change the cost structure of the consulting business?
> > Nilekani: This is a battle of business models. We believe that at the
> > end of the day we have a disruptive business model that is a threat to
> > the existing business model and older companies will have to reconfigure
> > themselves to look more like us if they're going to be globally
> > competitive.
> >
> > (Here's a guy who knows what "disruptive" means, and how to use it as more
> > than a marketing term. Unlike Sun.)
> >
> > Does it feel odd to find yourself lecturing Americans on the joys of
> > capitalism?
> > Nilekani: You guys told us for so many years to cut out this socialist
> > rubbish and go to free markets. We came to free markets and now you're
> > telling us, "Stop, don't come."
>
>
> Funny is'nt it? globalisation from American mega corps thinking they
> could buy the world was the greatest thing since sliced bread, except it
> has not quite worked out. It was OK for the USA to rape the 3rd world
> for raw materials, but now the 3rd world is getting vengence its all
> unfair....
>
> So they have cheap and plentiful labour, cheap OSS in Linux and mysql,
> etc etc, two huge advantages, and all America can do is try and become
> protectionalist....
>
> regards
>
> Thing

Some sectors of the US and politicians are protectionist, other
companies are falling over themselves to invest in these countries.

thingy wrote:
> and all America can do is try and become
> protectionalist....

You mean there was a time when America was /not/ protectionist?

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EB

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One who is not a liberal by age 40 has no heart.

In article <435231c8$>, Evil Bastard <> wrote:
>thingy wrote:
>> and all America can do is try and become
>> protectionalist....
>
>You mean there was a time when America was /not/ protectionist?

Interestingly, there was recent comment on the trade talks that the USA was
talking about cutting some of it's farm subsidies. Those were words that I
certainly never expected to hear.


Bruce

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only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

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Evil Bastard wrote:
> thingy wrote:
>
>>and all America can do is try and become
>>protectionalist....
>
>
> You mean there was a time when America was /not/ protectionist?
>

Early in its life probably not, (pre 1900) I think its vested interests
now means that will increase.

I think greed got the better of them over then last 20 years, low labour
meant high margins sold into their domestic market, and they loved China
etc. Now though they are finding that they no longer control or benefit
from those margins as they once did.

regards

Thing

Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <435231c8$>, Evil Bastard <> wrote:
>
>>thingy wrote:
>>
>>>and all America can do is try and become
>>>protectionalist....
>>
>>You mean there was a time when America was /not/ protectionist?
>
>
> Interestingly, there was recent comment on the trade talks that the USA was
> talking about cutting some of it's farm subsidies. Those were words that I
> certainly never expected to hear.
>
>
> Bruce

I think that was qualified, ie providing the EU dropped its even more,
ie a net gain to the US, I dont expect the EU to go for it.

regards

Thing

Rob J wrote:
> In article <724923->,
> y says...
>
>>Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>>Nice interview
>>><http://news.com.com/Indian+outsourcers+follow+a+megatrend/2100-1022_3-5896290.html>
>>>with Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys, one of those big Indian IT
>>>outsourcing firms that the USians are complaining about. Some choice
>>>quotes:
>>>
>>> Are you worried about the outcry over outsourcing in America?
>>> Nilekani: What's happening is pretty fundamental. If you go back to the
>>> 1830s, India and China were 50 percent of the world's GDP, and then they
>>> missed the entire revolution of industry. So if you take a long view of
>>> this game, it's just part of the process.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> So now you'll be competing with the likes of IBM and Accenture. Do you
>>> think you'll change the cost structure of the consulting business?
>>> Nilekani: This is a battle of business models. We believe that at the
>>> end of the day we have a disruptive business model that is a threat to
>>> the existing business model and older companies will have to reconfigure
>>> themselves to look more like us if they're going to be globally
>>> competitive.
>>>
>>>(Here's a guy who knows what "disruptive" means, and how to use it as more
>>>than a marketing term. Unlike Sun.)
>>>
>>> Does it feel odd to find yourself lecturing Americans on the joys of
>>> capitalism?
>>> Nilekani: You guys told us for so many years to cut out this socialist
>>> rubbish and go to free markets. We came to free markets and now you're
>>> telling us, "Stop, don't come."
>>
>>
>>Funny is'nt it? globalisation from American mega corps thinking they
>>could buy the world was the greatest thing since sliced bread, except it
>>has not quite worked out. It was OK for the USA to rape the 3rd world
>>for raw materials, but now the 3rd world is getting vengence its all
>>unfair....
>>
>>So they have cheap and plentiful labour, cheap OSS in Linux and mysql,
>>etc etc, two huge advantages, and all America can do is try and become
>>protectionalist....
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Thing
>
>
> Some sectors of the US and politicians are protectionist, other
> companies are falling over themselves to invest in these countries.

Yes I used to work for one, India was cheap so they went there, labour
costs rose, ditto Malaysia, so now its Egypt...

Trouble is those Malaysians and Indians are not sitting around feeling
abandoned. They are now moving up the value chain, they have level 1 & 2
support now level 3 and are moving into the consultancy and programming
market more and more, eating up from underneath.....Why employ an
American company with an overpaid CEO who uses cheap Indian Labour
anyway. Why not go with the Indian CEO whose company the American one
used? more direct communication and cheaper.

regards

Thing

In article <a2pb23->, thingy <> wrote:
>Bruce Sinclair wrote:
>> In article <435231c8$>, Evil Bastard <>
> wrote:
>>>thingy wrote:
>>>
>>>>and all America can do is try and become
>>>>protectionalist....
>>>
>>>You mean there was a time when America was /not/ protectionist?

>> Interestingly, there was recent comment on the trade talks that the USA was
>> talking about cutting some of it's farm subsidies. Those were words that I
>> certainly never expected to hear.

>I think that was qualified, ie providing the EU dropped its even more,
>ie a net gain to the US, I dont expect the EU to go for it.

Very likely. I just never expected to hear a US official offering this under
any conditions


Bruce

----------------------------------------
I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good
people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and
only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Lord Vetinari in Guards ! Guards ! - Terry Pratchett

Caution ===== followups may have been changed to relevant groups
(if there were any)

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 18:14:03 +1300, thingy wrote:

> Funny is'nt it? globalisation from American mega corps thinking they
> could buy the world was the greatest thing since sliced bread, except it
> has not quite worked out. It was OK for the USA to rape the 3rd world
> for raw materials, but now the 3rd world is getting vengence its all
> unfair....

Sure, the US worker is getting stiffed (again), both with loss of jobs and
loss of the tax base, but it is not all bad. The CEOs and big brass of the
corporations have made lots and lots of money from it. So it stuffs the
company? So what - this quarters results look good, the stockholders are
happy, they cash in their options and it is someone else's problem.
We have only seen the tip of the iceberg. I expect GM to go broke to avoid
paying their pension scheme liabilities, and China to get serious about the
car making business> Sure they are rubbish at present - the Landwind 4wd
got the "unsafest car in the world" award recently, but that will change
with the big companies manufacturing in China - ie giving them all the
secrets, whether they wanted to or not. I see Yamaha is suing some Chinese
makers for ripping off their motorbikes. I don't fancy their chances
Geoff