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Massive Chasm In Asia's Public Sector IT Spending

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-for-less dept.

IT_Sleep_Bag writes "A recent study by Springboard Research shows a massive chasm between countries in the APAC region, with countries like New Zealand and Australia investing up to USD 200 per capita on IT, while India and China spend a dismal USD 1. SDA Asia speaks to Dane Anderson of Springboard Research to explore the reasons for the wide gulf and why he believes India and China will grow the fastest in this regard."

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  1. Re:Massive chasm? by CrankyOldBastard · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And who is this "We" you are talking about? I'm Australian and I certainly associate much more closely with people from South East Asia and the Pacific Island Nations than I do with the US. The few people I do associate with from the North American continent try to disassociate themselves from the US as well.

    Open your eyes, we are an Asian nation. Our largest growth markets are China, Malaysia, India and Indonesia. The biggest buyer of our steel (our biggest export in dollar terms) is Japan.

    My kids are taught Asian languages at school, not Spanish. They spell "colour", measure in metric, and share time zones with the Phillipines, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

    Culturaly, Geographically and Economically we are part of Asia. This is not the White Australia age anymore, and Pauline Hanson is not Prime Minister.

  2. Re:Massive chasm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    And who is this "We" you are talking about?

    The 95% of people of Australasia, including the native peoples, who are not Asian.

    I'm Australian and I certainly associate much more closely with people from South East Asia and the Pacific Island Nations than I do with the US.

    There would be a similar percentage of people in Australia who associate much more closely with people from Africa, but that doesn't make Australia an African country either. The south Pacific islanders are highly distinct from the S.E. Asians and don't consider themselves to be a part of Asia in any way either.

    The few people I do associate with from the North American continent try to disassociate themselves from the US as well.

    Which is probably why they're in Australia, and the other 290 million Americans are in North America.

    Open your eyes, we are an Asian nation.

    Australia is:
    Culturally Asian? - No
    Continentially Asian? - No
    Linguistically Asian? - No
    Racially Asian? - No
    In an identity chasm because of previous political issues? Yes

    Our largest growth markets are China, Malaysia, India and Indonesia. The biggest buyer of our steel (our biggest export in dollar terms) is Japan.

    By that, China is a European country.

    My kids are taught Asian languages at school, not Spanish.

    By this, learning European languages like English places the world in Europe. And almost nobody is taught Spanish as a second language at school outside of the US.

    They spell "colour", measure in metric,

    As does almost everyone outside America.

    and share time zones with the Phillipines, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

    Europe and Africa share time zones too, and are as similar distance away from each other.

    Culturaly, Geographically and Economically we are part of Asia. This is not the White Australia age anymore, and Pauline Hanson is not Prime Minister.


    I say call a spade a spade.