Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Networking: A Special Section - New York Times
Networking: A Special Section - New York Times: "TO glimpse the real effect of today's computer networks, it helps to travel far beyond the high-tech hothouse of Silicon Valley, away from the venture capitalists, inventors and billionaire-wannabe entrepreneurs. To go where Google is just a search engine, not an obsession.
Try Elkhart, Ind., home to Nibco Inc., a century-old maker and distributor of plumbing supplies. A private company, Nibco employs 3,000 workers and generates $500 million a year in sales. It faces stiff competition from Chinese producers."
Try Elkhart, Ind., home to Nibco Inc., a century-old maker and distributor of plumbing supplies. A private company, Nibco employs 3,000 workers and generates $500 million a year in sales. It faces stiff competition from Chinese producers."
