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Monday, January 23, 2006

More discussion on Globalization just forwarded by my tech sister-in-law:

Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?

Answer: Princess Diana's death.

Question: Why?

Answer: An English princess

with an Egyptian boyfriend

crashes in a French tunnel,

driving a German car

with a Dutch engine,

driven by a Belgian who was drunk

on Scottish whisky, (check the bottle before you change the spelling)

followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,

on Japanese motorcycles;

treated by an American doctor,

using Brazilian medicines.

This is sent to you by an Englishman,

using Bill Gates's technology,

and you're probably reading this on your computer,

that uses Taiwanese chips,

and a Korean monitor,

assembled by Bangladeshi workers

in a Singapore plant,

transported by Indian lorry-drivers,

hijacked by Indonesians,

unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen,

and trucked to you by Mexican illegals.....

That, my friends, is Globalization!
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Control magazine's Editor Walt Boyes recently saw a press release about ABB establishing an R&D center in India and took umbrage (that is, he didn't like it). VP Bob Hausler replied before I was even able to call and get some information. You can see his responses at the link above. ABB is a Swedish/Swiss company that purchased a lot of US-based assets some years ago. It has committed to maintaining a significant US presence.

But, I'm not writing to justify ABB, but rather to point out that we are truly in a global economy. I'm a US citizen, have even won a couple of local elections to public office and want to see the US succeed, but reality is there will not be a monopoly in the US anymore. We'd better learn how to succeed with LOTS of competition in the world. We can try pretending it isn't so, but that attitude is a recipe for failure.

Anyway, cheaper isn't always worse. After all, one thing that drives automation and manufacturing excellence is the urge to make things better, faster, cheaper.
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