Posted on 08/11/2004 12:23:13 PM PDT by Willie Green
BANGALORE, India -- Information technology officials from some of the world's leading companies met Tuesday to discuss improving the high-tech hub of Bangalore's deteriorating infrastructure.
Executives from U.S. companies Dell and IBM and the heads of Indian firms Wipro and Infosys met with Karnataka state's Chief Minister Dharam Singh to discuss several problems plaguing the capital Bangalore -- a popular outsourcing destination for Western companies.
Issues affecting Bangalore include electricity shortages, inadequate public transport, and traffic congestion. The city also needs an airport upgrade. Singh promised to tend to Bangalore's infrastructure woes to protect the city's multibillion dollar high-tech industry. However, Singh didn't announce any deadline for improvements, or say where the money for the work would come from.
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Somehow I think the money will come from IBM and Dell and the rest of the oursourcing companies.
Don't worry, when it gets too expensive, IBM and Dell will just move on...
That is the way the free traitor thinks.
I would'nt be surprised if companies asked the US gov. to subsidize their improvements...
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