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It's right in the OP For example, their server ran on five (not four, not six, five) Fujitsu A60 minicomputers, and became hopelessly bogged down after about 8
by blfr 8y ago
It's right in the OP
For example, their server ran on five (not four, not six, five) Fujitsu A60 minicomputers, and became hopelessly bogged down after about 80 concurrent users. We were never able to get a clear picture of why. We asked lots of questions and they’d try to answer them, but none of the explanations made any sense that we could puzzle out. They were trying to tell us, you see, but you can’t tell people anything.
- Vinnl 8y agoYes, I liked that part, but thought it got de-emphasised a bit when it continued on to say that they didn't really understand the architecture themselves. In this case, I'm sure that played a large role in the Japanese not being able to tell them.
- axilmar 8y agoIt's not that the Japanese couldn't communicate in English. It's the fact the Japanese felt, like Asians generally do, they shouldn't disrespect their partner by saying what the partner said seemed liked gobledycook to them. So the Japanese internalized the failure to understand and eventually did things the way the knew...