Comments on: U.S. Tech Lead Challenged by Globalization http://outsource.supergloo.com/blog/2006/04/26/us-tech-lead-challenged-by-globalization/ Resources for Offshore and Distributed Software Development Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joseph A. di Paolantonio http://outsource.supergloo.com/blog/2006/04/26/us-tech-lead-challenged-by-globalization/#comment-9 Joseph A. di Paolantonio Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:34:29 +0000 http://flatworldsoftwaredevelopment.com/blog/2006/04/26/us-tech-lead-challenged-by-globalization/#comment-9 Patent and copyright are not mutually exclusive with open source licensing; they can and do co-exist. Also, consider that being the leader in innovation in a certain industry, no matter how that might be measured, doesn't necessarly mean that production in that industry will be in the innovators geography - especially today. Arguably, however, innovative concepts in an industry will come from where that industry's production occurs. Innovation in steel production and the automotive industry mostly come out of Asia now, though some still comes from the USA. Another point is that areas of interest change. Steel, Railroads, Automotive, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Electronics, Software, Digital Everything, Nanotech/Materials Science, Biotech, Genomics, Proteomics, Interactomics, Analytics - interests change, innovation happens in new areas. What's next? What's after that? Those are the questions for innovation - not who's doing software development the cheapest. Patent and copyright are not mutually exclusive with open source licensing; they can and do co-exist. Also, consider that being the leader in innovation in a certain industry, no matter how that might be measured, doesn’t necessarly mean that production in that industry will be in the innovators geography - especially today.

Arguably, however, innovative concepts in an industry will come from where that industry’s production occurs. Innovation in steel production and the automotive industry mostly come out of Asia now, though some still comes from the USA.

Another point is that areas of interest change. Steel, Railroads, Automotive, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Electronics, Software, Digital Everything, Nanotech/Materials Science, Biotech, Genomics, Proteomics, Interactomics, Analytics - interests change, innovation happens in new areas. What’s next? What’s after that? Those are the questions for innovation - not who’s doing software development the cheapest.

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