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Re: by SuperNinKenDo on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @10:13PM (#40795770)
This doesn't really fit with the way the US government ensured dominance of its tech sector globally in the 80s, 90s, and even early 2000s. It was not a fair competition by any stretch of the imagination and involved a lot of strong-arming by the US government abusing its leverage.
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Re: by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:35AM (#40796415)
Maybe somebody else should have invented the transistor, integrated circuit, and internet first. They didn't.
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Re: by SuperNinKenDo on Saturday June 29, 2024 @10:12PM (#40834675)
As if those were sufficient or necessary. Even a passing familiarity with the history of computing would show that these had little effect. A deep understanding would reveal what actually did.
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