Comments on: Symbio Makes a Global Play With Merger http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anand http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/#comment-224811 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:57:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70913#comment-224811 Oh well, have I given an impression of a “hater”..Anyway, I am all for healthy competition, because that is what builds businesses. It is the pretty lame sales pitch that Mr. Hsu has given in what is otherwise a post-merger interview that irks me..

LOL, ask ‘Why is Symbio merging with Flander’ and here’s the reply : ‘China is number one in R&D spending, we have a million kids passing out of college every year and companies are moving to China from India.’

LMAO

]]> By: Anand http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/#comment-224810 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:48:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70913#comment-224810 Yes., but how does that matter?

]]> By: joyhaa http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/#comment-224809 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:39:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70913#comment-224809 Anand, one question for you, are you from India?

]]> By: 1John2:15-17 http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/#comment-224808 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:23:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70913#comment-224808 China can match India’s scale in engineers numbers-wise at more than half the cost of what the Indian players are charging clients in the US or EU. The issue the merger addresses is the expansion of their sales reach. Anand, don’t be a hater.

]]> By: Anand http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/#comment-224807 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70913#comment-224807 I don’t get any of the logic that he’s expressed..Okay, China is THE leader in R&D spending and Scandinavia are mature markets for R&D. Does that alone make any sense in the merger? The arguments are pretty holistic (googled stuff) rather than any real strategic fit between the two individual companies in question…

]]> By: Anand http://gigaom.com/2009/09/22/symbio-makes-a-global-play-with-merger/#comment-224806 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:56:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=70913#comment-224806 “Over 600,000 engineering graduates are coming out of China’s universities every year…That’s why I think a lot of technology companies are shifting from India to China.”

Pretty stupid comment to make actually..

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