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m_mueller on Aug 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Death of Corporate Research Labs

Do you think the technology was ready? AFAIK mechanical computers were (and still are) prohibitively expensive.

adrianN on Aug 19, 2020 [–]

The first electromechanical computers weren't cheap either.

m_mueller on Aug 20, 2020 | [–]

It helps to have a war to win I guess.

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