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BeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months ago

Why did the USSR struggle to adopt computers while China is a leader in the industry?

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Why did the USSR struggle to adopt computers while China is a leader in the industry?

BeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months ago
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    3 months ago

    In what sense did the USSR struggle to adopt computers?
    Also, I doubt that the PRC was more successful at adopting computers than the USSR during the latter’s existence.

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      In what sense did the USSR struggle to adopt computers?

      I haven’t been able to find much beyond lib sources, unfortunately, but what I’ve read indicates that the USSR had around 10000 computers at a time when the US had over 1 million.

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        Taking a look into this, though, again, I don’t really see how you are comparing the USSR to the PRC, which most likely did not have a large amount of ‘computers’ (whatever is counted as a ‘computer’ in this context) at the time (around 1970, I take it?)

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