Originally Posted by drblank
Samsung should be banned from being purchased by US Government, since they are a foreign based company.
So is Blackberry. And Airbus.
Back during the Cold War, the US bent over backwards to give lucrative contracts to homeland manufacturers such as TI, fearing any dependency on outside sources. The last thing we wanted, was to lose access to critical chips if a war denied us access to factories overseas.
Nowadays, everything's about saving money. Using off-the-shelf equipment, instead of custom gear, is a major push. That's why we see iPads and iPods being used, even though they're manufactured in China.