Hello, fellow bloggers. After, taking a week off from the book I kind of missed it, shockingly. I wish I had done the interview but I simply did not have time. It was a crazy week. I would have liked to gain more insight in the IT world. Well this week it is all about the triple convergence, who is exploiter and exploited party, and the intellectual party.
The triple convergence is where all the events the author wrote about that creates an even flatter world. The first convergence is when computer base generated programs made a difference in peoples lives. It shaped and mapped the world as we know it. People could now communicate via e-mail and other ways. The second convergence is the business aspect of it where certain skills were provided to people. They are essential in this world. The third convergence actually comes from other countries. They help shape this world by joining the global market place and making a huge boom in the economic area. They provided a lot of workers that we could not. The triple convergence is very important in this ever growing world. Without computers how would we connect to people all away around the world?
The case Indiana vs. India comes the question who is the exploiter and who is the exploited in this epic battle? Indiana needed to upgrade their computer system, so they outsourced an Indian company who had won a bid. India wanted to use their own employees and use local people from Indiana. In my opinion India is the exploiter and Indiana is the exploited. Indiana went out of their to help India and then not even get appreciated, while India was just using them to get what they wanted.
Intellectual property is a law that protect you and a certain idea of products and services that you may have. It gives you rights. Someone could claim ownership of a certain idea that you have, but since you have property rights (patent/trademark) you can shut them down quick. It is very important when it comes to businesses alike. It protects their business from money hungry people.
I think you made an interesting point when you said that Indiana "went out of their [way] to help India and then note even get appreciated, while India was just using them to get what they wanted." I honestly hadn't thought of it that way, but it's really interesting to hear the other side of that opinion! Thanks for your post!
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