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Thanks for sharing. What surprised me was that there was one group that tried to pull of parallel LISP on Z80s whereas the rest seem to be keen to use existing
by jll29 2y ago
Thanks for sharing. What surprised me was that there was one group that tried to pull of parallel LISP on Z80s whereas the rest seem to be keen to use existing technology (no own operating system, no own microprocessor chip designs attempted).
"Unfortunately, [...] the lack of collaboration and coordination among the various groups designing computers inMexico, and the lack of communication between industry and academia hindered the country's further development in this field."
I found this sentence and subsequent passages to be the most interesting; how come Brazil could pull things off when a similar environment existed in Mexico and Brazil? Are Brazilians "more collaborative" as a tendency than Mexicans?Would be interesting to get more detail on good v. bad policy decisions in both countries that led to it.
Minor corrections: Table 1. "intepreter" -> "interpreter"; "Hasta 64" -> "up to 64"
- hcarvalhoalves 2y agoBrazil had government incentives for fomenting the national industry as well as high taxation to deter imports. Nowadays only the high taxes remain (effectively a 100% tax), the current government is trying to implement new incentives to rebuild the national industry though. Also, I feel Mexico by being under strong influence of the US has been kind of sabotaged economically, while Brazil together with neighboring countries tried to develop a local market (MercoSul).
- huevosabio 2y agoMy suspicion is that Mexico has had either strong state industry periods or strong private industry periods, but seldom a combination. Brazil strikes me as having a decent history of industrial policy with the government partnering with private industry. That's why you have what I think it's a freer market in Mexico but stronger tech-heavy corporations in Brazil (eg embraer).
- bee_rider 2y agoI wonder if there are just geopolitical or demographic issues. Brazil is larger than Mexico by a bit, there are a lot more Spanish speaking countries. Spain and Mexico are similar sizes, while Brazil is much larger than Portugal, plus Mexico has to deal with the US, and our endless appetite for talented people, being right next door…
- prmoustache 2y agoMexico is 4 times bigger than Spain.
- bee_rider 2y agoSorry, I meant in terms of GDP (I figure that maps better to ability to make new big investments in this kind of stuff) but I was really not clear.