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Re:Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers by jlg23 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:31PM (#21129581)
> Interesting how Boeing and Airbus don't manufacture in China, and coincidentally China hasn't been able to produce any viable competitor to those products.

Already debunked in this thread.

> Even their university culture practically encourages cheating

It is not like we'd not have this in western culture. They use the same metres we do: titles and names of educational institutions attended. As with every metric. those who understand it exploit it to cheat those who apply it.

> An economic model where American/European/Japanese/Korean tech is stolen and then friends of politicians are gifted CEO positions of companies that clone that stolen tech...not sustainable at all.

With a billion people behind it, it is actually pretty easy - you just outlive competitors while you pay for the losses out of pocket. And that is what western companies have been championing: If compliance says "we accept the risk", we take the risk.

> When robotic manufacturing eventually becomes cheaper and faster than manufacturing in China, meaning they'll no longer have IP to steal, they are in huge trouble.

So are we. Who is going to be able to afford the products if we all are replaced by robots in the workplace?

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Re:Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers by i_cant_speel on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:11PM (#21130024)
> Who is going to be able to afford the products if we all are replaced by robots in the workplace?

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> When robotic manufacturing eventually becomes cheaper and faster than manufacturing in China

That is a straw man argument. Manufacturing is one of the leading frontiers in automation. It's going to be cheaper to manufacture things outside of China due to automation long before a significant enough portion of the workforce is out of work due to automation and unable to afford the manufactured goods.

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Re:Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers by gruez on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:59PM (#21129895)
> > Interesting how Boeing and Airbus don't manufacture in China, and coincidentally China hasn't been able to produce any viable competitor to those products.

>Already debunked in this thread.

Seems to be true, although they're only manufacturing interior parts. Certainly nothing high tech.

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