Chinese Threat

[teju]

How all of you at Echarcha feel the latest threat of china becoming a competitor in IT. I was going through some news papers & came to know that an avg chinese developer in china costs $12k , where as avg indian costs 20K. so we lose on cost competitiveness & then other things like infrastructure, stress on english coachin
etc.. were mentioned. Initially I wasnt bothered, but i have come across a no such articles.

My personal opinion is that we are ahead of these guys, but we indians become complacent very fast? These chinks are real smart stuff, they do anything to drop down the prices by fair or unfair means & once they have the market, they start moving it up

What do you feel should be our strategy to maintain our competitive advantage

[Xandu]

to lighten fears about the competition

A man goes to a Chinese restaurant and asks the waiter
"Can I have flied lice?"
Waiter: "That is called fried rice, you plick"

[smellyfinger]

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Lethal Weapon 4

[smellyfinger]

http://www.gandmasti.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=12661

Be warned, you're going to find yourself talking funny for a while after reading this. It was nominated best email of 1997. A telephonic exchange between a hotel guest and roomservice, at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:

Room Service: Morny. Ruin sorbees.

Guest: Sorry, I thought I dialed room service.

RS: Rye... Ruin sorbees...morny! Djewish to odor sunteen?

G: Uh... yes... I'd like some bacon and eggs.

RS: Ow July den?

G: What?

RS: Ow July den?... pry, boy, pooch?

G: Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please.

RS: Ow July dee bayhcem... crease?

G: Crisp will be fine.

RS: Hokay. An San tos?

G: What?

RS: San tos. July San tos?

G: I don't think so.

RS: No? Judo one toes?

G: I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo one toes' means.

RS: Toes! toes!... why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we other?

G: English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine.
Yes, an English muffin will be fine.

RS: We bother?

G: No... just put the bother on the side.

RS: Wad?

G: I mean butter... just put it on the side.

RS: Copy?

G: Sorry?

RS: Copy... tea... mill...

G: Yes. Coffee please, and that's all.

RS: One Minnie. As ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baychem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy... rye?

G: Whatever you say.

RS: Tendjewberrymud.

[khopdi]

i literally was rolling on the floor,...maybe we should have special area just for jokes !!

[Xandu]

that summary of the order would kill my appetite :D

there already is an area - www.gandmasti.com

[echarcha]

Check this thread
Will India remain the best IT resourcer in the world at
http://www.echarcha.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=887

and then check this one
Chinese threat looming large over global IT sector

at http://www.echarcha.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=636