Stop comparing China and India
Opinion: In reality, China and India share very little in common, so why do people keep comparing them?
Opinion: In reality, China and India share very little in common, so why do people keep comparing them?
The topic of China versus India in the worldwide software smackdown comes up all the time. I understand why people make these comparisons: they make great headlines, readers in both nations and their supporters will get all hot and bothered, and like any other set of statistics, they can be skewed to show that China, India, or Lithuania is the greatest country on the planet, depending how the author massages the numbers.
This argument has become particularly popular as both countries suck up greater amounts of U.S. software and other technical outsourcing work. It's also fun for people who know very little else about either country to look at the map and say, "Wow, China and India. They're both big countries. They both have huge populations.
2007-02-22
16:41:10
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blue sky
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