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Interesting analogy. Soviet tractors famously were slow to arrive.

• huffmsa 7y ago
  And half didn't work / only met the specifications in appearance, but not so much functionality
  • jacquesm 7y ago
    And were typically indestructible once they did run. Soviet pre-fall engineering was ugly and the factories sucked but the designs were solid and could run for ever with very little maintenance.
    • Dylan16807 7y ago
      Though CPUs are already all extremely durable. So an under-specced indestructible CPU is... just an under-specced CPU.