On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 16:00 +0530, jtd wrote: > And what exactly is the magik that IBM has?. IBM has been outsourcing > since the past three decades (maybe earlier). First Japan, then > Taiwan and now China. Could be India or thailand or Burkina Faso. > And the very same arguments were bandied about 25 yrs ago and will be > in the future. Notice how nobody talks about bad quality if it is > made in Ireland or "East Germany". > IT is a cultural bias. Given the same amount of monetory inputs any > one would produce quality, and has very little to do with location > (and by implication people). >
I Agree totally, but the Implication is not really about Location or People but about skewed company polices. IBM has proven that it can get a good laptop out in the market. It remains to be seen if the same can be achieved under lenovo leadership. Yes, Lenovo has indicated that they are keen too, they have invested millions of $$ in their research parks etc... Even with the same resources (a lot of which lenovo acquired during the purchase), It still needs to be seen, no matter how good lenovo products might be are the Lenovo thinkpads == IBM thinkpads. only time can answer this one. I hope they are. There is no implication of geographical bias in this. -Erle -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
