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Why the Soviet Computer Failed
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An Asianometry explainer on why the Soviet Union, once a leading computing power, fell far behind the US in computers by the 1980s. It traces the gap from the 1960s onward despite strong state support for science.
HN commenters cite it as a concise answer to why Soviet computing failed, including reliance on reverse engineering and bureaucracy.
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