Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ...
by ethbr0 on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:38AM
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The broader "this" seems at the root of a lot of Japanese IT anachronisms.
Incredibly conservative culture (especially with regards to business hierarchy) + early social digitization = huge number of antiquated systems
The typical way things would finally get replaced in most companies ("If you're not migrated by X date, we're cutting it off, and your stuff will stop working") seems pretty anathema to Japanese corporate political expectations ("Don't make someone else look bad").
Incredibly conservative culture (especially with regards to business hierarchy) + early social digitization = huge number of antiquated systems
The typical way things would finally get replaced in most companies ("If you're not migrated by X date, we're cutting it off, and your stuff will stop working") seems pretty anathema to Japanese corporate political expectations ("Don't make someone else look bad").