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To: Scumbria who wrote (78240)4/9/1999 1:18:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
I never meant to knock the brilliance and the skills of Russian scientists and engineers, just the stupid organization of their industries. When I was studying numerical analysis and approximations years ago, all of the best texts were Soviet, partly, I think, because they could not use exact digital methods lacking computing as they did. Kantorovich, the father of linear programming, was largely neglected. Leontief, the founder of Input-Output economics, fled to Harvard where work that might have made central planningn work adequately was largely of theoretical interest. Americans brought up most of the applications. The Soviets never used a method That makes their great theoretical physics contributions in the '50's to '70's even more amazing. I understand many American companies are hiring Russians in situ for a few hundred dollars a month -- a wonderful idea in my opinion. It is criminal to allow the scientific human capital in Russia further to decay from lack of use and ability to stay up to date.



To: Scumbria who wrote (78240)4/9/1999 4:25:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 186894
 
SCUM bria - Re: "The desperate economic situation in Russia needs to be turned around. US industry should be as helpful as possible in supporting them on this project."

Good idea.

AMD should start building a FAB in Russia right away.

I'm sure shareholders like you will kick in the extra dough for such a noble undertaking.

Paul



To: Scumbria who wrote (78240)4/9/1999 11:06:00 PM
From: exhon2004  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
scumbria:

re >>Russian computer scientists are well known for their skills. The lack of capital in their country has severely restricted their ability to fabricate product.<<

AMD computer scientists are not well known for their skills. The abundance of other peoples capital however, has allowed them to continue to fail repeatedly in an attempt to profitably fabricate product.

Regards,

Greg


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