That’s not what leapfroging is. Leapfrogging is skipping over technology EG skipping over land lines and going to cell phones. That does happen but that wasn’t what I was getting at. What I’m getting at is they took in serious serious IP and industrial knowledge. They took in, this is a bit of hyperbole just to get the point across, a century of IP in exchange for some cheap labor for a couple decades. That’s how short-sighted Western companies are. (A few decades overall, but for any specific company contract they would get the IP in 5 to 10 years.)
Nor did I suggest that they’re closing down. You’re simply off the mark on that. I don’t think the other guy suggested that either, but I didn’t address it. They want to sell to Africa, South America, etc.