Outsourcing Consumer Electronics manufacture (via Gizmodo): Just as Infosys changed the rules of the software development game (it is technology agnostic and willing to cater to anyone — often developing software even for arch-competitors like Lucent/Nortel or Sun/Microsoft), companies like Flextronics are rewriting the rules of manufacturing consumer electronics. Today, Dell can sell a flat-screen TV, Nike an MP3 player, and Apple an even more famous product. Interesting read if you want to see how commoditization changes the rules of the game.