The telecommunications deficiency is a particularly serious
problem for the Soviets. The USSR lacks the type of extensive,
serviceable, open-access, civil telecommunications infrastructure
has proved to be an essential ingredient in the U.S. software
industry's capability to support the needs of software uses an
all sectors of the U.S. economy technologies critical to the U.S.
Industries lead include wide area networks such as INTERNET,
TYMNET and TELENET accessible to most software developers in the
United States; equally important are the local area networks used
to connect software development teams distributed in different
locations within large buildings or among several facilities
within a large industrial park.
This is a fascinating insight into the projected future, although of the three, it was the INTERNET that hang around and turned the world on its head!
Notably, it also stated:
This is a fascinating insight into the projected future, although of the three, it was the INTERNET that hang around and turned the world on its head!TYMNET by the way is noted here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tymnet