Dr.Eric G. Lean, general director of ITRI's Optical Electronic Systems, openly admits that the reason so many people have been returning over the past three years is specifically IBM's retrenchment. "Among the returnees, only a few were actually laid off.
這三年回國人數大量增加的原因，現任工研院光電所所長的會長林耕華不諱言，是因為美國ＩＢＭ裁員造成的。