Thursday, June 05, 2003
A Pittsburgh initiative is moving to build connections with companies in India. In an earlier story this week, I mentioned Iowa's growing bioscience connections with Korea.
Here's the real opportunity. Smart regions will be linking with pockets of industrial research and fast growth in other parts of the world. These connections will provide access to low cost, high quality research and a sophisticated, flexible, and technically sophisticated workforce. (For example, in the joint venture I help manage in China, we can hire graduate level electrical engineers for $500 a month or less.)
In 1977, first personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs invented the Apple II. The Apple II was one of three prominent personal computers that came out in 1977. Despite its higher price, it quickly pulled ahead of the TRS-80 and the Commodore Pet.
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Pittsburgh initiative: Build connections to India
