WinCE a more powerful OS? Hardly. Wasn't WinCE the OS that until recently had a 32 process limit (including the kernel) because it used the ARM MPU domains for process memory protection.
You'll probably find WinCE in lower resource embedded devices in the automotive/embedded sector.
Symbian stole a march on M$ because M$ tried to bring the same business model and user experience that had worked for it in the PC desktop market. Handset manufacturers didn't want their hardware to be commoditised and this 800lb gorilla own the platform.
M$ has recently changed it's tack, it does allow much more vendor customisation but still relies primarily on an ODM manufacturer to commision it's phone devices.
Seperating 'coding' out as a cost is mostly irrelevant these days. This old chestnut comes back from the time when people had to put their programs on punch cards (which was time consuming) so it still exists in a lot of SW/Eng texts.
These days the act of 'coding' is as identifiable and costly as the act of an author typing or handwriting their novel i.e. negligible and you don't bother quantifying it.
I flicked through the article and though seemingly thorough it doesn't really advocate a solution to what 'might' be a problem. So one can only assume that what is being advocated is protectionism.
Lots of statements can be made about the benefits or not of offshoring, but protectionism is usually pretty damaging for a number of reasons that many economists will agree on. The number one reason is that protectionism is almost always badly implemented, look at the many military acquisition purchases which have been for pseudo-politcal/protectionist reasons.
A famous story here in Europe is the Eurofighter project, a project which has cost billions over many year. For political and protectionist reasons the plane parts got carved up so they would be designed in different countries so as to create local jobs. The result? A 5 year late project wasting massive amounts of money recreating a clone of an existing American combat fighter. That's protectionism in action.
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WinCE a more powerful OS? Hardly. Wasn't WinCE the OS that until recently had a 32 process limit (including the kernel) because it used the ARM MPU domains for process memory protection. You'll probably find WinCE in lower resource embedded devices in the automotive/embedded sector. Symbian stole a march on M$ because M$ tried to bring the same business model and user experience that had worked for it in the PC desktop market. Handset manufacturers didn't want their hardware to be commoditised and this 800lb gorilla own the platform. M$ has recently changed it's tack, it does allow much more vendor customisation but still relies primarily on an ODM manufacturer to commision it's phone devices.
This is pretty accurate, nice post
Nope.
Seperating 'coding' out as a cost is mostly irrelevant these days. This old chestnut comes back from the time when people had to put their programs on punch cards (which was time consuming) so it still exists in a lot of SW/Eng texts.
These days the act of 'coding' is as identifiable and costly as the act of an author typing or handwriting their novel i.e. negligible and you don't bother quantifying it.
I flicked through the article and though seemingly thorough it doesn't really advocate a solution to what 'might' be a problem. So one can only assume that what is being advocated is protectionism.
Lots of statements can be made about the benefits or not of offshoring, but protectionism is usually pretty damaging for a number of reasons that many economists will agree on. The number one reason is that protectionism is almost always badly implemented, look at the many military acquisition purchases which have been for pseudo-politcal/protectionist reasons.
A famous story here in Europe is the Eurofighter project, a project which has cost billions over many year. For political and protectionist reasons the plane parts got carved up so they would be designed in different countries so as to create local jobs. The result? A 5 year late project wasting massive amounts of money recreating a clone of an existing American combat fighter. That's protectionism in action.