[SGVLUG] ot - How the US lost out on iPhone work

[matti]

Hi,

I found this article to be a very interesting read, and recommend it.
It basically states that Asia ( China in particular ) has become the 
manufacturing hub of the world due to the scale of manpower, large 
number of skilled  mid-level engineers, the ability to quickly respond 
to production needs, construction of large factories, low labor costs, 
supply chain. As a result US middle class jobs get axed.
( That's basically sums up the article iirc )



How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

"But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke,President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?
..
Why can’t that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.

Mr. Jobs’s reply was unambiguous. “Those jobs aren’t coming back,” he said, according to another dinner guest."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

thanks
matti


( btw, there is a related safety/working conditions article 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html  )