It takes longer in the west because you have to pay your workers, pay attention to environmental impact, and provide for at least minimal worker safety. Yeah, but I am sure co-location is a huge win, way bigger than free-ish labor, and no accountability.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @08:21AM (#50573493)
Co-location? Really, funny that now that we have all this technology it takes so long. Back in the 60's it was not a problem.
As for IM, who doesn't use IM? Text, skype, ICQ (well not as much as i used to, IRC, etc... The tech is there, just they need to use it, heck I was using all of these over 10 years ago.
There may be advantages to working in china that are not monetary, but I'm fairly sure that it's not these.
tl dr (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:tl dr (Score:0)
Co-location? Really, funny that now that we have all this technology it takes so long. Back in the 60's it was not a problem.
As for IM, who doesn't use IM? Text, skype, ICQ (well not as much as i used to, IRC, etc... The tech is there, just they need to use it, heck I was using all of these over 10 years ago.
There may be advantages to working in china that are not monetary, but I'm fairly sure that it's not these.