Comments on: YEGA IS Rising! http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/04/11/yega/ Sharad Sharma examines the transformation challenges facing the software industry Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Arun http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/04/11/yega/#comment-1897 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:53:40 +0000 http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/04/11/yega/#comment-1897 The biggest reason why MS, IBM etc face challenges could be that they are no longer places where talented techies want to work. The exponential swiftness with which Microsoft's aura among new graduates is crumbling is something to behold. I am speaking about real techies who can make a difference by writing great code, not your average corporate climber brilliant grad who wants to join MS for it's name and write functional specs and has no passion for technology. This inability to attract talent might be the reason why MS simply cannot come up with interesting ideas. As for your second point on GET-IN, I would think that their product incubations in India is a direct result of market forces rather than "great vision". Product development and more importantly product control will flow into regions where the product has a market. This is why product outsourcing is still not passing muster in India, because there are some intangibles that go into design which will become apparent only if you meet actual customers. For Nokia and GE, India is one of the biggest markets in the world. So they are not smrt if they are not developing products locally in close contact with local demands. Actually if I am not wrong, Motorola also does somoe mobile development in India. The biggest reason why MS, IBM etc face challenges could be that they are no longer places where talented techies want to work. The exponential swiftness with which Microsoft’s aura among new graduates is crumbling is something to behold. I am speaking about real techies who can make a difference by writing great code, not your average corporate climber brilliant grad who wants to join MS for it’s name and write functional specs and has no passion for technology. This inability to attract talent might be the reason why MS simply cannot come up with interesting ideas.

As for your second point on GET-IN, I would think that their product incubations in India is a direct result of market forces rather than “great vision”. Product development and more importantly product control will flow into regions where the product has a market. This is why product outsourcing is still not passing muster in India, because there are some intangibles that go into design which will become apparent only if you meet actual customers. For Nokia and GE, India is one of the biggest markets in the world. So they are not smrt if they are not developing products locally in close contact with local demands.

Actually if I am not wrong, Motorola also does somoe mobile development in India.

]]> by: S. Nagarajan http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/04/11/yega/#comment-1870 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:11:00 +0000 http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/04/11/yega/#comment-1870 Thanks a lot, Sharad. This post has been a treasure in terms of the rich pointers that you have combined and presented in a single posting. I don't know whether you even realized while wring this: This little writng of yours kept me engaged reading for hours! You are indeed doing a great service to the community. -- sn Thanks a lot, Sharad. This post has been a treasure in terms of the rich pointers that you have combined and presented in a single posting. I don’t know whether you even realized while wring this: This little writng of yours kept me engaged reading for hours! You are indeed doing a great service to the community.

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