Flattener 4 in World is Flat is talking about the power of web hosting technologies. It describes how someone can get something easily from the web. Alan Cohen in this flattener describes how he first heard about the term Apache. The Chapter is about the power users have in downloading something off the web from other users with out needing to use a commercial product which means they get it for free. Examples are community oriented websites like wikipedia, blogs, and torrents websites.
Flattener 5 talks about Outsourcing. It mentions how India had ups and downs since their independence. It mentions how Indian graduates were working for lower salaries than Americans and how the Web, Fibre Optic, and technology help in this regard that they started to work for America while being in India. India benefited from the dot-com boom and the dot-com bust also. Because indian companies were cheap the United States would hire Indians because they had enough brain power and the presence of technology and connectivity.
Flattener 6 talks about how United States started to move its factories to another countries because of Cheaper labor and overall cost of manufacturing. It mentions some of the big world manufacturers moved to China. China put rules that assures the investors the benefit from their manufacturing in their country. There are overwhelming advantages of manufacturing in cheaper countries like China.
The most disruptive force of all was Flattener 4 because it was driven by the community. Open Source software was done by people from all around the world and information sharing was being done by the community and was not under control of the Governments which caused a huge disruptive force.
Flattener 5 talks about Outsourcing. It mentions how India had ups and downs since their independence. It mentions how Indian graduates were working for lower salaries than Americans and how the Web, Fibre Optic, and technology help in this regard that they started to work for America while being in India. India benefited from the dot-com boom and the dot-com bust also. Because indian companies were cheap the United States would hire Indians because they had enough brain power and the presence of technology and connectivity.
Flattener 6 talks about how United States started to move its factories to another countries because of Cheaper labor and overall cost of manufacturing. It mentions some of the big world manufacturers moved to China. China put rules that assures the investors the benefit from their manufacturing in their country. There are overwhelming advantages of manufacturing in cheaper countries like China.
The most disruptive force of all was Flattener 4 because it was driven by the community. Open Source software was done by people from all around the world and information sharing was being done by the community and was not under control of the Governments which caused a huge disruptive force.
