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Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA

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geye1234 · 1789659463 · focus · HN ↗
Will it lock up thousands of innocent self-employed post office contractors as part of its instruction set?
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
1. tristor · 1789659669 · focus · HN ↗
  Probably not, Japanese firms excel at hardware and generally build extremely poor software. This a hardware product, so consequently it is probably fairly good.
  1. seki285 · 1789659810 · focus · HN ↗
    What caused this?
    t43562 · 1789661549 · focus · HN ↗
    I think Ruby would be a counterpoint - although it's the only one I know of.
    I worked for a Japanese company although in a local office with local management. Through all those layers of protection I got the impression that they suffer from what all corporates suffer from - no software engineers that have made it to the top. Software companies run by people who have no clue.
    In the US, for example, I think some people who have a clue or a partial clue have made it up the ladder in some places and therefore although everyone there has their horror stories of idiotic behavior it is probably somewhat better.
    applfanboysbgon · 1789664726 · focus · HN ↗
    msgpack, mold, and lld are a few other examples of exemplary software.

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