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    Nish Nishant
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    World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

    Regards, Nish


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      World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

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      Christian Graus
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      So that's the end of real coffee in India then ?

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        World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

        Regards, Nish


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        Sceptic Mole
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        Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

        World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

        BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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          World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

          Regards, Nish


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          Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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          AbhishekBK
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          Hurray........ But Cafe Coffee Day is a big hit here now'a days.

          Abhishek It is impossible to change your past. But it is very possible to ruin your present by worring about the future. -Chankya

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            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

            World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

            BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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            AbhishekBK
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            Sceptic Mole wrote:

            BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?

            Yes that's interesting, because back in India, Coke is like "Real Evil"

            Abhishek It is impossible to change your past. But it is very possible to ruin your present by worring about the future. -Chankya

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              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

              World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

              BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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              Maximilien
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              it's one of the best of the big chain coffee stores. It always depend on how good the person at the coffee machine is, it can make a big difference. the problem with those stores is that they offer so much coffee junk mix, and people in general forget how good a simple espresso or latte really is; without all the whipped cream, addtional flavours. It has the merit of bringing back some other smaller coffee houses to business ( or to life )


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                World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                Regards, Nish


                Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                Marc Clifton
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                Oh no! Horrors! That means that programmers all over India will become even MORE productive! ;P Marc

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                  it's one of the best of the big chain coffee stores. It always depend on how good the person at the coffee machine is, it can make a big difference. the problem with those stores is that they offer so much coffee junk mix, and people in general forget how good a simple espresso or latte really is; without all the whipped cream, addtional flavours. It has the merit of bringing back some other smaller coffee houses to business ( or to life )


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                  Christian Graus
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                  Maximilien wrote:

                  It always depend on how good the person at the coffee machine is, it can make a big difference.

                  It's 95% of the equation ( I used to sell coffee ).

                  Maximilien wrote:

                  the problem with those stores is that they offer so much coffee junk mix, and people in general forget how good a simple espresso or latte really is; without all the whipped cream, addtional flavours.

                  I just have a latte, and I couldn't find one I could drink in Seattle, home of Starbucks.

                  Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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                    Sceptic Mole wrote:

                    BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?

                    Yes that's interesting, because back in India, Coke is like "Real Evil"

                    Abhishek It is impossible to change your past. But it is very possible to ruin your present by worring about the future. -Chankya

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                    Eytukan
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                    AbhishekBK wrote:

                    Coke is like "Real Evil"

                    Watchout! you'd be voted down by a platinum head here, that too of our own flavour. :-D


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                      Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                      World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                      BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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                      Starbucks is SH!T Overrated, overpriced and over marketed!!


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                        Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                        World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                        BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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                        Shog9 0
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                        Sceptic Mole wrote:

                        BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?

                        Yes. :) Seriously, it depends on who you ask - coffee snobs dump on it, but there's nothing really wrong with the coffee - you can certainly find much, much worse. However, they do tend to de-emphasize actual coffee in favor of very sweet coffee-based drinks, and nearly everything they sell is hugely over-priced. YMMV.

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                          Starbucks is SH!T Overrated, overpriced and over marketed!!


                          "a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt "Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill


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                          _ABHILASH_MS_
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                          Overpriced Probably ! . But I will swear by the White Chococlate Caramel Mocha any day or any night.Hope they have a country sensitive pricing

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                            World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                            Regards, Nish


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                            Abu Mami
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                            I spent a good amount of time in India and used to frequent the Java Green shops at the Reliance Infocomm campus. Nice. How do they compare with Starbucks. I still prefer good old Israeli Turkish coffee (referred to by the Hebrew word for mud).

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                              World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                              Regards, Nish


                              Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                              Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                              Christopher Duncan
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                              I think this is great news for programmers in western countries whose jobs have been outsourced to India. With the entry of Starbucks into the Indian culture, people will soon become accustomed to paying $4 for a bad cup of coffee, and as history shows, will even begin to crave it. This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone. Viva Starbucks! :-D

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                                Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                                World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                                BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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                                Michael Dunn
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                                It's above fast-food coffee but it's far from gourmet. EDIT: Looks like I got bit by The Forum Bug, this was a reply to "is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?"

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                                  I think this is great news for programmers in western countries whose jobs have been outsourced to India. With the entry of Starbucks into the Indian culture, people will soon become accustomed to paying $4 for a bad cup of coffee, and as history shows, will even begin to crave it. This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone. Viva Starbucks! :-D

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                                  Nish Nishant
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                                  Christopher Duncan wrote:

                                  This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone.

                                  :laugh: Actually, it also helps reduce the number of Indians moving to the US for work. Many of them do it for Starbucks coffee and better bandwidth. Indian ISPs are improving speeds and consumers have the option to get affordable broadband-level bandwidth in metro cities. With Starbucks debuting in India, I see a big dip in Indians who'd want to move.

                                  Regards, Nish


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                                  Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                                    Sceptic Mole wrote:

                                    BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?

                                    Yes. :) Seriously, it depends on who you ask - coffee snobs dump on it, but there's nothing really wrong with the coffee - you can certainly find much, much worse. However, they do tend to de-emphasize actual coffee in favor of very sweet coffee-based drinks, and nearly everything they sell is hugely over-priced. YMMV.

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                                    Nish Nishant
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                                    Shog9 wrote:

                                    and nearly everything they sell is hugely over-priced

                                    Yeah, but that may be a good selling point in India. Young folks like to show off their increased income levels by paying more (for the same quality). So they may go to Starbucks just for the price-increase factor.

                                    Regards, Nish


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                                      Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                                      World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                                      BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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                                      brianwelsch
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                                      It really depends on who you ask. Personally, I think their coffee is about average.

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                                        Christopher Duncan wrote:

                                        This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone.

                                        :laugh: Actually, it also helps reduce the number of Indians moving to the US for work. Many of them do it for Starbucks coffee and better bandwidth. Indian ISPs are improving speeds and consumers have the option to get affordable broadband-level bandwidth in metro cities. With Starbucks debuting in India, I see a big dip in Indians who'd want to move.

                                        Regards, Nish


                                        Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                        Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                                        smaaaart
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                                        Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                                        Many of them do it for Starbucks coffee and better bandwidth.

                                        I have a suspicion they do it for the $$$. ;) Anyone moving to another country JUST for Starbucks coffee or JUST for bandwidth is a fool and without a life.

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                                          World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                                          Regards, Nish


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                                          Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                                          Tarakeshwar Reddy
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                                          I am thinking on the lines of opening StarKaapi in USA, people would get to have the real taste of South Indian coffee(or kaapi as its known).


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