IP: Fwd: Looks like you [I] were right....

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> To: <farber () central cis upenn edu
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> Build it and they will come ? Maybe not....
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> http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/09/07/malaysia.reut/index.html
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> Malaysia's high-tech zone said short of workers
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> CYBERJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) -- Some of the world's top technology firms said
> on Thursday the development of Malaysia's ambitious high-tech zone was on
> track but warned that too much was being attempted with too few skilled
> workers.
>
> The comments came at the start of a three-day meeting of some of the world's
> leading IT firms and the Malaysian government on its Multimedia Super Corridor
> (MSC) project.
>
> Stan Shih, chairman of Taiwan computer company Acer Inc., said MSC's problem
> was probably that it had spread itself too thin in that it was getting
> involved in too many areas when it lacked sufficient skilled personnel.
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> "The key in this global economy is to focus on some areas to be one of the
> best in the world," Shih told reporters.
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> "I think the concern here is there are not enough knowledge workers," Shih
> said. "We should not involve ourselves in so many areas when we don't have the
> resources."
> <snipped>