Originally posted by: Bob MartinTagbilaran City – THE picture may have gone from bad to worse but some foreigners do not see the way most Filipinos see.
General Manager Robin Martin for example see brilliance, hardwork and globally competitive Philippines: a far soaring image of what most believe Filipinos are capable of doing.
He said his plant Intel-Philippines is where the most advanced products are launched, including the Pentium IV He added that by the end of 2002, Philippine operations has became Intel’s biggest assembly and testing operations worldwide, and Filipino brilliance is there.
If you have your Nokia cell phones with you, the cell brains called the digital signal processor (DSP) is produced in Baguio by Texas Instruments. If your phone is a Sony Erickson, it’s an 80 % chance your chips are by Baguio Texas instruments too.
You have a Toshiba laptop? Its certainly one produced in Santa Rosa, Laguna. And your anti-virus software PC-Cillin? Trend Micro develops its “cures” for viruses right here in Eastwood Libis, Quezon City. When a virus breaks in any computer system in the world, a solution comes from Pinoy inventiveness within 45 minutes of finding the virus.
If you drive a BENZ, BMW, or a VOLVO, that Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) in your car is Pinoy made.
Now who says the Philippines is going for the dogs?
