November 1, 2004

The New York Times > Technology > Have Supercomputer, Will Travel

The world is changing at warp speed and China, India and other countries will be the equal, technologically, of the U.S. within 5-10 years.

Today we hear frequent rants over job outsourcing. The world's economic playing field is becoming much leveler as computing and other technologies penetrate into other countries. The real crunch will come when the world refuses to continue buying into our national debt. We'd best get that under control, PDQ.
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"Such computing now occupies a central role throughout the global economy, providing stark proof that decades-long American attempts to control the flow of advanced information-processing technologies are largely moot. It is only a matter of time, experts say, before companies in places like China, India and Russia essentially match the capabilities of the American and Japanese leaders."

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