That, and globalization. Mainly globalization. We got access to workforces which just were far less or not at all available 20-30 years ago. Remember the time w

That, and globalization. Mainly globalization. We got access to workforces which just were far less or not at all available 20-30 years ago. Remember the time when everything said "Made in Japan"? Remember the time when everything said "Made in Taiwan"? Now its all "Made in China", with "Support in India". Even Eastern Europe, much more local for Western Europe than Asia (plus the benefit of intra-EU), has a hard time competing with that. You could call it competition. I call it race to the bottom. Cause a lot gets sacrificed in the name of lower price. Repairability, source code, QA, tech support, environment -- all too often they're the losers.