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

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>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.
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>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.
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>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."
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