Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!nather From: nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: TI announcement Message-ID: <9717@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 22 Jan 89 19:30:23 GMT References: <11462@haddock.ima.isc.com> <23737@pprg.unm.edu> Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 19 In article <23737@pprg.unm.edu>, swilson@pprg.unm.edu (Scott Wilson [CHTM]) writes: > > Cute, aye? These folks appear to have sold us out! As for what technology > is "relevant" to 16 megabit DRAMS? IT'S ***ALL*** RELEVANT. > > Draw your own conclusion, and THEN write letters to Congress about why > your tax dollars are funding the research through certain America Companies > to provide Japan with the tools to swat our fannies with in the coming years! > I expect the Japanese are equally unhappy about being "sold out" to the ugly Americans. We've been losing this battle for several years -- maybe it's better to join them if we can't lick them. Or, perhaps, we could insist they put billions of yen into armaments, crippling their industries the way we have done it. American "know-how" *is* exportable, you know. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin