How is China placed in product development?
China will come up strongly in servicing Japanese requirements, especially software more related to hardware. Cost will not be a factor as far as product development is concerned, as expertise is the key. Companies prefer you not because you are based in India but because of your expertise. Why did you then decide to move to India from the US, and outsource work? India makes good sense to us in terms of cost. India also has good brain power, which can be exploited to provide good product development capability. China is not an ideal place for OPD today due to the lack of proficiency in the English language. Probably, in the next five years, they may pose a big challenge to India. When do you think the product developers will be in great demand like the service providers are now? In the next two years, the market will mature and companies will start outsourcing their product development activities.
