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From: ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
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Subject: Re: TRON
Keywords: Japan, TRON, standards, networks, operating systems
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Date: 15 Jun 89 04:49:38 GMT
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In article <456@logicon.arpa> kevin@LOGICON.ARPA (Kevin McIntyre) writes:
>In article <382@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney) writes:

>My personal opinion is that it is viewed as a way for Japan to
>"infiltrate" a portion of the US computer market and then take it over.

Yellow peril in computing, eh what?  I've read a fair sprinkling of
articles about TRON in Japanese.  I've never seen your notion expressed,
but there is a Japanese fear of being subject to what some have called
"US software imperialism."

>It's sort of like the car market. They learn from the US on how to do
>something and then they out do us in the market place. I don't think

The Japanese automobile industry drew on various sources: domestic,
American, European. Overall, they probably learned more from Europe
than the US. Look at the early Japanese models. You see far more
European and Japanese engineering than you do GM Rocket 88 Dynaflow
super V8, 4 mpg, design.

>that the US computer companies want Japan to come up with a better way
>to do something and then open the doors for them to get into the US
>market (sort of handing the lynchman the rope to hang you).

To change metaphors a bit -- if you sit around jerking off and your
competition spends their time pumping iron, guess who ends up with
the muscles?

>Of course you could argue that this would "stimulate" the US intellects
>to do a better job (as in the auto world).

Or to raise prices under a quota system.

>Of course these are my ideas, no one else can speel this bad.

Let's hope not.