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Hello Ken,

Read your reply to my previous and agree with much of what your saying. However I fundamentally have to disagree with you on one point you make. And I quote:- we have to remember that new software including OS's come out to give hardware sales a needed boost and not for our benifit. ?????

Ken, this is whats totally wrong with the IT and computer industry. Its 9 times out of 10 got its brains back to front. Surely it should be the needs, desires & aspirations of end users (i.e. customers needs ) that should come first NOT the profits of computer companies like Microsoft or HP or DELL. Its back to front capitalism surely.

**YES! I agree hardware has come down in price but nobody ever mentions how that is achieved? nor the cost to human life, to human well being (almost slave labor in computer factors in the far east & china), nor to the environmental impact of depleting metals & resources to make computers? i.e. shiny new laptops don't grow on trees,etc.

Ivan 

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 **YES! I agree hardware has come down in price but nobody ever mentions how that is achieved? nor the cost to human life, to human well being (almost slave labor in computer factors in the far east & china), nor to the environmental impact of depleting metals & resources to make computers? i.e. shiny new laptops don't grow on trees,etc.

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Oh dam I better stop watering that notebook tree then

Don't forget that wages are linked to cost of living ivan. What is low to us may not be low in China compared to what people normaly earn there working on the land etc which is why they flock to the cities.

Eventually the Chinese will want to buy what they make for the west and then the cost of living will rise and so will wages and we will move on to some other country, maybe the UK by then which is slowly becoming a cheap place compared to elswhere.

China is using it's low wage economy to become a major player in the world so don't blame companies here and in the USA for taking advantage of low cost manifacturing and don't forget that Japan did the same 50 years ago and look what they achieved.

Also the UK did the same during the industrial revolution. Don't feel to sorry for the cheap labour of the present like india and china as they will be the big spenders in a few years taking advantage of the cheap labour in Europe.

The wheel of time turns.

 

 

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Ken

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Hi Ken,

Well YES! OK I have to agree with most of what your saying. Yes! I am fully aware of how the global economy functions. Its only that global capitalism does have its down sides but this isn't something that get acknowledged or talked about much.

I still say the IT & computer industry is back to front, its never been very user friendly but perhaps thats IT in a nutshell?? 

 

Ivan