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Why Apple Backed out from India?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gettin'-out dept.

rmunaval writes "BusinessWeek reports an interesting article on why Apple might have backed out from India. The prime reason being, India has grown at a much more rapid rate than expected and is no longer the cheap destination for the companies. It grew at an astonishing rate of 9.3% last quarter."

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  1. Oh crap. . . by Who235 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have to pay them close to a living wage?

    That wasn't part of the deal.

    Forget it, we're out of here. . .

    1. Re:Oh crap. . . by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heck, the living wage in Cupertio is WAY higher than one in Kansas City, MO or De Moins, IO.

      And it's probably higher than it is in Des Moines, IA, too... : p

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    2. Re:Oh crap. . . by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

      Once they do, they get $20 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE WIDOW OF GEN. SESE MOBUTU!

      [this put in to defeat the lameness filter]
      [this put in to defeat the lameness filter]

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    3. Re:Oh crap. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You wouldn't believe how much extra housing costs on Io once you figure in the extra rad shielding and periodic cleaning of the sulfur gutters. Volcano insurance isn't even obtainable at a reasonable price; everyone just does without.

      And don't even get me started on the commute.

  2. Re:or maybe apple sucks by mpathetiq · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not Apple Records, silly!

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  3. D'OH!!! No wonder by stratjakt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Homer taught all the Indians about paid vacations and golden parachutes and casual fridays and health plans, just a couple of weeks ago.

    Actually, that episode was good social commentary... It's basically what's happening. The Indian labour force is developing the sense of entitlement so near and dear to our hearts.

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  4. Gotta wonder if the submittor by garylian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I gotta wonder if the person who submitted this article worked as a translator for Zero Wing...

    "All your base are belong to us."

    "India has grown at a much rapid rate."

    Yeah, seems like the same guy...

  5. Re:India to start losing jobs. by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    You write that as if it's a joke. Sub-Saharan Africa is a big emerging supplier of tech labor, in the position that India was 20 years ago. We're already seeing major efforts in Nigeria, don't think for a minute that much of the rest of Africa won't follow.

    It's already well underway; I get emails from nice people in Nigeria all the time offering to share their money with me. They must be working pretty hard coding all those emails!

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  6. Re:where's the editor? by Doctor+Memory · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously, Slashdot is outsourcing its editor jobs...

    "Slashdot. News is for the nerds. Stuff that is the matter."

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  7. why our readers need to go back to college by Nimey · · Score: 5, Funny
    painstakenly

    Painstakingly.

    typo's

    Typos.

    I forgot about slashdot for about a year, came back just the other day.

    Insert "and" just before "came".

    I'm seeing hardly any intelligent comments

    Indeed.

    dissapearing up it's own asshole.

    1) That's disappearing.

    2) It-apostrophe-s is a contraction for "it is". "Its", on the other hand, is possessive. Counterintuitive, but that's English for you.

    So to recap, you should have written "disappearing up its own asshole.". Have a nice day.
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