Hi guys, A Bangalorean here - not a big fan when they say Bangalore as the silicon valley of India, I think it is much more than just that!
There was something called simputer which was launched way back in 2001 by a bunch of Indians and built in India - it still exists I think - http://www.simputer.org/ As far as my limited knowledge goes, the eco-system for startups and tech industry did not exist anywhere close to what it is now. I was involved with tech start up in Bangalore and it is getting better. I do hope the new product ends up being successful, not just making headlines one day and never heard of later. Rgds, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:59 PM, David Lyon <[email protected] > wrote: > > Hi Simran, > > Well the billion is probably the number they put on *their* business plan. > > With the passing of Steve Jobs and the changeover to pad computers it's > just interesting to think of where things will be in the next few years. > > In my scouting about Asia, I've met quite a number of extremely wealthy > Indians. They're really keen to grow the computer industry in that country > and Bangalore, while being a tough place, has gone from nothing to > something in not a long period of time. > > Some of the lessons that Apple have taught us is that great design and > great branding are valuable assets. They simply took linux, beautified it > and .. well.. look at that.. > > Apple was largely a design in America, make in china company. > > It's a given that the finance to make a world class pad computer isn't > going to be made available in Australia. > > However, I suspect that getting finance to build a pad computer company > in India wouldn't be as difficult as it would be here. > > I'm not in such a hurry to do that. But I have sold computers in Asia > and I know how willing in some Indian circles they are to fund efforts > like this. > > In Australia, we have things like Puppy Linux which could be used as a > base. > > I'm very sure that even a weak-knee'd Aussie Pad OS effort would get > a good return on investment. Take a Pad company from here to India > then to Europe or the US. But it would take a few dozen people to > get all the branding and hardware design done. > > David > > ps: ARM processors and memory, displays are getting really cheap > now. A lot of the chinese cheap pads I'm not so keen on because > their user interfaces leave a bit to be desired. I guess that's what > Apple fixed.. and charged so much for. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- Varun -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
