Andy Grove, Steve Job's friend (if not mentor), agreed: "Not only did we lose an untold number of jobs, we broke the chain of experience that is so important i

Andy Grove, Steve Job's friend (if not mentor), agreed: "Not only did we lose an untold number of jobs, we broke the chain of experience that is so important in technological evolution. ....abandoning today’s 'commodity' manufacturing can lock you out of tomorrow’s emerging industry." https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-high-tech-manufacturing-base-erosion-breaks-chain-of-experience/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-high-tech-manufacturing-bas... No one listened to him, certainly not Intel.