The article mentions a small fact "HCL started shipping its in-house microcomputers around the same time as its American counterpart"
Look where HCL is and where Apple is now. This is nothing against HCL but rather against the way we work here in India. People are quite content with working in a service environment and basically aiming for the low hanging fruits. Really wish there was one company that would invest in innovation and R&D. Amongst the top 4 companies in India, sadly no one is doing that.