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A former co-worker of mine started a CAD/CAM software company in Russia in the late 80s-early 90s. He was targeting soviet x86 & VAX clones. Business was not ba
by linksnapzz 4y ago
A former co-worker of mine started a CAD/CAM software company in Russia in the late 80s-early 90s. He was targeting soviet x86 & VAX clones. Business was not bad; but the weird postsoviet economy made it untenable.
He told me:
"I was making good money on paper; but still, I had to spend a whole month's paycheck to buy four new tires for my car. They were not even particularly good tires, and it wasn't a very good car!"