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From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Patents, bogus lawsuits, & etc.
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Date: 27 Jun 90 23:20:15 GMT
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Organization: Mendou Zaibatsu, Tomobiki-Cho, Butsumetsu-Shi
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The bottom line:

In the US today, universities graduate 10 times as many lawyers as
they do engineers.

In Japan today, universities graduate 10 times as many engineers as
they do lawyers.

The US total of engineers includes Japanese who study at US
universities.  A number of US engineers are going to work for Japanese
companies in To^kyo^.

Should it be any wonder, then, why Japan is kicking our ass so badly
in recent years?

[The only reason why it isn't worse is that there is a reverse flow of
 Japanese engineers to the US.  This includes those who are
 disgruntled about the cost of living in Japan, those who are too
 individualistic for the typical Japanese company, and last but not
 least Japanese women engineers, who are still provided inadequate
 career opportunities.]

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