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From: ed@unisoft.UUCP
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Subject: Re: spinoffs
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Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 14:57:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 22 14:57:40 1984
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It may be true that Japan hasn't spent much until recently on basic R&D.
I think it's still true that they aren't spending on research.  A
professor I know, who is involved in VLSI including chip-disign systems
and methodologies, recently (about 2 years ago, actually) visited with
some Japanese companies.  One of the things he reported was a comment
made by one of the Japanese folks.  When asked how it was that the
Japanese seemed to have the best design and design-rule checking
software aroune, the Japanese replied that it wasn't anything new
or original.  They'd just implemented some of the published US
research!

What I think this really means is that the US companies are suffering from
a bad case of Not Invented Here.

-- 
Ed Gould
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