Rus. politicians were freaked because of an imaginary technological gap between Shuttle and soviet rockets, so they ordered to immediately make 'our own'. Many design solutions were copied from Shuttle and... good 'ol rockets are just as good and cost twice less. Also, Mir payed off while Shuttles haven't.
I never heard of russians doing anything good in consumer electronics. I remember when I was in Russia, 99% of computers were made from cheapo asian parts while 1% was compaqs, ibms and such. When you talk about defence technology, Russia was severely lacking development until '63, when Stalin died. Before that, Cybernetics was not considered 'real science'. Still, this chip is possible, if you consider that defence technology is being transferred to consumer market ever since the USSR breakup. This definitely looks more plausible than recent hypercomputer sensation.
And, unlike most people, I think they're VERY bad for OSS.. Just think about how many people would use GIMP instead of PS if they had to pay $900 for it.. How many people got w98 just cause they could get it for free? How many people are reluctant to switch to linux cause there is no 3dsmax or maya or lightwave3d for linux.. what about game addicts who warez every major game that comes out? if not for warez, they'd be using linux for sure.
My point is? I dunno.. just sharing, cause I've never seen this brought up:)
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It was something like this:
Rus. politicians were freaked because of an imaginary technological gap between Shuttle and soviet rockets, so they ordered to immediately make 'our own'. Many design solutions were copied from Shuttle and...
good 'ol rockets are just as good and cost twice less. Also, Mir payed off while Shuttles haven't.
I never heard of russians doing anything good in consumer electronics. I remember when I was in Russia, 99% of computers were made from cheapo asian parts while 1% was compaqs, ibms and such. When you talk about defence technology, Russia was severely lacking development until '63, when Stalin died. Before that, Cybernetics was not considered 'real science'. Still, this chip is possible, if you consider that defence technology is being transferred to consumer market ever since the USSR breakup. This definitely looks more plausible than recent hypercomputer sensation.
And, unlike most people, I think they're VERY bad for OSS.. Just think about how many people would use GIMP instead of PS if they had to pay $900 for it.. How many people got w98 just cause they could get it for free? How many people are reluctant to switch to linux cause there is no 3dsmax or maya or lightwave3d for linux.. what about game addicts who warez every major game that comes out? if not for warez, they'd be using linux for sure.
:)
My point is? I dunno.. just sharing, cause I've never seen this brought up