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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Atari fights back ! (so should you!)
Message-ID: <1494@looking.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 88 18:09:20 GMT
References: <1988Mar17.195328.12277@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <1127@ektools.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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In article <1127@ektools.UUCP> john@ektools.UUCP (John H. Hall) writes:
>If the paths of supply for all of your Canadian industries come
>through U.S. distributers, this looks like a golden opportunity for
>some enterprising Canadian to scrounge some capital, import
>some Japanese chips, and make some big bucks.  This could result in
>a real competitive advantage for Canadian computer makers.
>
>Don't blame Uncle Sam for this one.

I've always wondered about why somebody doesn't do this as well, but you've
just inadvertently explained it.

If I were to import RAM from Japan (fairly long lead times on this sort of
thing), I would expect board manufacturers and computer makers to be
my biggest customers.

Unfortunately they couldn't buy those chips, because when they went to
export their product to the USA, they would get stopped by Uncle Sam,
who would say, "Hey!  Dumped Japanese chips!"

So it seems that the end user isn't a big enough market for somebody
to set this up.  Even NEC of Canada hasn't done it.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473