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They have tried. Here in Japan they have traditionally had an unassailable position as a domestic champion. The only serious competition was from other domestic
by lovemenot 6y ago
They have tried. Here in Japan they have traditionally had an unassailable position as a domestic champion. The only serious competition was from other domestic companies such as NEC, Hitachi.
This model has been very successful for them domestically, but it also makes them uniquely unsuited to competing in global markets where they have no brand to speak of.
Another issue is cost vs. quality. Japanese manufacturers including Fujitsu despise low quality and assume their customers are always willing to pay for the best. Don't break things, even if at the expense of moving slow. This assumption generally holds domestically, but not in global markets.
What I said above may be changing. But slowly.
- Fnoord 6y agoThat seems like a win-win for the Japanese government (and police, secret service) as well. The rumor was NSA still was going with DEC Alpha fabs long after DECs demise. My government has to buy American/Chinese stuff AFAIK. Housing ASML doesn't give an equal advantage, right?
- lovemenot 6y agoIt's not easy to take available data to confirm or reject such a hypothesis Mr. Fnoord. I would guess this particular iceberg is at least 90% above the surface. It appears to be bog-standard industrial policy which in large part does not necessitate secret stuff. I make this conjecture partly by reference to other industries in Japan, whose comparable government support could certainly not be explained in that way.