Which would be the super power in IT....India or China???

Question

Which would be the super power in IT....India or China??????
Based on the pace of development in IT between these two countries.....Which would emerge as ultimate?????

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Answer 1

It will be India for at least 20 years, there are many reason. China have money to invest but the soft skills like English, Knowledge of Western Culture, Project management skills, etc. required, in IT are not easily acquirable. They take there own time to develop. So China may not be there in near future. Biggest Chinese IT company's turnover is not more than $300 m whereas TCS $4bn. IT service industry require scale which Indians have. Indians look smart enough also to be able to set up shops around world like in China, Brazil, East Europe. So in near future it's India only

Answer 2

To be a world leader in IT (I'm talking software), english would be primary language - otherwise no one else in the world can use the tech anyways and the amount of money that can be earned by the technologies would be less. Indian students learn english in large numbers. Hell, they are graduating 300,000 US lawyers a year in India alone. They are also very strong into IT and have many software programmers, duh.

Main reason in the end, all the outsourcing for IT jobs goes to India. Large numbers of them even speak the international language of business (English). I think language barriers are one problem plagging China from taking some of that outsourcing market from India. Yes, lots of people in China speak English, but I think percentage wise it is a lot higher in India. There are also government interferences. They can't even surf the internet without it being filtered/monitored. No freedom of expression = creativity is hindered. Creativity drives most inventions and advancements. Not saying there aint no creativity... it's just hindered a bit. China is the leader when it comes to manufacturing... hands down!

I guess technically they are both super powers in IT. That's my final answer.

Answer 3

China - they are investing more in infrastructure and have a far better understanding of quality. India is a very strong player but their strong position relies on two advantages:

- COST - this is being eroded all the time as salaries increase 10-15% / year for skilled professionals and it is harder and harder for indian IT firms to find people.
- ENGLISH - Indians tend to speak English. This advantage is decreasing for two reasons 1) chinese people are learning english more and more and 2) as China becomes richer and has a stronger domestic market the global primacy of English becomes weaker and so being able to work in that language becomes a lesser advantage.

But we have to remember that neither country has yet to produce a global software player - all they do right now is develop code according to requirements defined in the West - they're essentially sweatshops for cheap products as Japan was in the 60s and China was in the 90s. What is yet to happen is a global leader emerging from either of these countries who defines what peopls *want* - a Microsoft, Apple, Borland, Sun, IBM or HP.

Companies like Wipro and Tata are doing fantastically well and giving Accenture and IBM a run for their money - but what they're actually doing is helping companies like GE, Unilever and Coca Cola more successful - when the Indian Microsoft comes along, that's when things will really begin to change.

Just my 2p worth - your mileage may differ etc...

Answer 4

Here is a little inside information. In the future, it will be vietnam. Intel has just invested 1 billion us into vietnam and Bill Gates just visited. Also, The labor force in vietnam is cheap as well as Highly educated. Vietnam is banking on IT in the future and I predict it will outstrip India and China.

Answer 5

For being super power in IT-Softwares India will be the leader as the China is facing too much problems in Software developments due to langugage, They May beat us in IT-Hardware, But in the term of software we will remain leader.
INDIA..
INDIA..
INDIA..

Answer 6

little doubt in china starting to be to be super capability, us of a dont have greater no of components to construct the economic gadget than china. i visit wager u interior of 5 years down the line china would be super capability..

Answer 7

hi,ERIC sir.how r u .
the answer to u r question is Really INDIA ia the leading and worthful sources in IT while compare to china.i my opinion with in few years INDIA is having more valubule resoures than china.one of the major influences factors are :
1.Most of the INDIANS are known Engish this one of the advantge to us.
2.Technical skills in computerprograming.
3.Hardworking
4.Respective , Responsibul & Reliable people .
5.Task acheving people.

Answer 8

in software india by hardware china

Answer 9

Short term (foreseeable future) India for reasons described above.

Longer term is anyone's guess.

Answer 10

I would say China