But with the Internet, Asia is leapfrogging into the information age. Major U.S. companies are outsourcing software development to India and the Philippines. Asia's lower labor costs and zealous work ethics are going to make the region the world leader in consumer applications for the Internet. Pure innovative drive may very well reside elsewhere. But it is in Asia that many of those innovations for the masses will be produced.
Technology knows no boundaries.
She once told me she was trying to learn English. Just the other day, I got an email from her, saying she is studying in London. The Internet has reconnected us. Along with technology comes opportunity for the little guy. The Internet is spreading education even to remote impoverished regions.