I have a long story here. Here's the short version...

In the 90's, I was one of the first to do manufacturing in mainland China. I wanted to move everything other than manufacturing from Santa Clara to MS. (Technical design, s/w, admin, etc.) In a nutshell I was told that if the manufacturing wasn't moved to MS that I wasn't welcome. The thought was that a successful company outsourcing the manufacturing to China was bad for MS. They didn't want to appear to be supportive of such an idea. I didn't move.

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Posted by TaxmanMSU

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Posted on 5/8/15 at 11:22 am to Allyn McKeen

Very interesting. I'm sure the situation hasn't changed much. MS should take any and all business they can get. Mid to High paying corporate jobs are few and far between here, but they'd rather cut off their nose to spite their face. I don't necessarily support outsourcing manufacturing either, but that wouldn't stop me from letting the company put their headquarters here. I'm sure the fellas who condemned you now look like idiots, because most manufacturing is done overseas. This reminds me, China already has in production Tesla-like battery packs for houses, but Tesla says they can do it for cheaper over here in their own plants, how wild is that?

If Cspire can pull through with their plan to fiber up MS, I think we could become a destination for Silicon Valley and/or renewable energy. There is already a big push for solar on a state-wide level. Here in Lincoln Co., Entergy is setting up a 5 acre solar field.

Maybe circumstances have changed, who knows.

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