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Why did the USSR struggle to adopt computers while China is a leader in the industry? (hexbear.net)
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[โ€“] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

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?)