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... 2) It's interesting to see that Apple has reduced their ownership of equipment in China. Reading the first article, my concern was China kicking Apple out, and giving their equipment to others. With less equipment owned by Apple, this (maybe ever so slightly) reduces their likely damages. Still, I see it as a drawback that so much knowledge and equipment is in a country that could decide to take it all back.
I worked for Gillette for a number of years in their Boston HQ. In my orientation, I was shocked to learn that Gillette made their own manufacturing machines and had a high-tech machine shop that built and shipped the machines across the world to our global manufacturing plants.
This was good business for Boston (running a high-volume and high-class machine shop to build these machines) and kept the IP here at HQ.
I was a bit surprised, and now concerned that Apple delegated the machine IP over to China. I think that's a bad sign.
'38Packard
