>Microsoft is a relative underdog now (among the tech giants).

How do you define a Tech giant?

By Market cap they are #1. Here are top 5.

1. Microsoft $895B 2. Apple $888B 3. Amazon $867B 4. Google $816B 5. Facebook $473B

They have been in top 3 for last 30 years with a robust business model. They missed on Mobile and search but hey it would be hard for any tech company to top in each market.

Settling for #2 in search and cloud isn't exactly a bad consolation prize.

>India mostly allowed free access to US tech companies for a while.

Tech companies allowed it as well because they wanted to capture Indian mindshare which would eventually become their largest customer base.

The Brits used to (and still do) capture indian mindshare and had them as their largest customer base - it didn't turn out well for indian national interest though.

Are you saying Indians chose to be "customers" of the British? I've heard a lot of interesting characterizations of the colonization and subsequent exploitation that was the bedrock of British India, but this one's new.

> Are you saying Indians chose to be "customers" of the British?

No.

India has a large domestic demand but it would be awful to allow non rupee denominated assets to supply that demand.

Imagine tomorrow India got rid of its strong tariff regime.

India's inflation is under control through making it punitive to buy foreign goods which India has a strong demand for.

The idea ever since Gandhi is to use domestic capabilities to provide services India demands. Domestic tariffs are also a form of coercion - but in this case it serves India's national interest.

With the Brits the main source of oppression was through preferential trade that tilted everything in their favour - either through hard power of soft ( like they still do today ).

Hey Peter,

Thanks for doing this AMA. My question is regarding EB1A. I work in large tech firm in US, have masters degree in CS, with couple of IEEE publications and some US approved patents. Original work with total citation count ~40. I am in critical engineering role in my company in their flagship product (can get recommendations as well if needed). What are my chances for EB1? Thanks again!

do you see any changes coming to EB5 program? Apart from delays which are potential downsides? Thanks!

Hey Peter, How much does number of citations to patent(s) matter? If it does, do they look at total number of citations for all patents combined? How many citations are considered 'good'? Thank you!