> I do not believe we've seen a similar effort of this
> scope in India. The focus seems to be on opening huge
> service centers to develop software, process
> paperwork, answer customer calls and do a variety of
> other keyboard-monitor centric things for non-Indian
> firms exclusively.
In which case, it'd make sense for India to push Linux and open source. China seems to be trying to link high-end chip design/software skills to the industrial base, by focusing on supply chain linkages:
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-- DRR