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Re:Fab in India: India is trying to create an indigenous chi... by theseadroid on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:13AM (#21165078)
Your statement on Malaysia and Portugal GDP per capita surprised me. So I did some fact checking. According to Wiki Malaysia’s 2018 GDP per capita is usd 10,941. Portugal is 23,176. [1]

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Portugal

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Malaysia

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Re:Fab in India: India is trying to create an indigenous chi... by vincentmarle on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:32AM (#21165142)
If you look at purchasing power parity (PPP), the numbers are closer together: $30,859 (Malaysia) and $32,023 (Portugal).
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Re:Fab in India: India is trying to create an indigenous chi... by xchaotic on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:52AM (#21165227)
How many MacBook Pros do you get though. If anything, what the software developers might want is likely more expensive in Malaysia than Portugal. Likewise for India.
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Re:Fab in India: India is trying to create an indigenous chi... by rohit2412 on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:28AM (#21165372)
Then go define your software developer purchasing power parity index.

Such economic measures are complex, and if you want to see a single number for a country, that number should be representative for everything and everyone

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Re:Fab in India: India is trying to create an indigenous chi... by chvid on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:43AM (#21165446)
Even in Malaysia expenses for tools such as computers and software is small compared to wages for skilled professionals.
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