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Timeless tactic! "The Power Mac G4 is so fast that it is classified as a supercomputer by the US government, and we are prohibited from exporting it to over 50
by fitzroy 2mo ago
Timeless tactic!
"The Power Mac G4 is so fast that it is classified as a supercomputer by the US government, and we are prohibited from exporting it to over 50 nations worldwide," Jobs said the Apple Expo, CNN reported in September 1999.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-steve-jobs-us-export-control-marketing-moment-anthropic-2026-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-steve-jobs-us-export-c...
- ben_w 2mo agoI remember that. It was export banned, wasn't it? A gigaflop being enough for a cruise missile visual guidance or something like that?
- Spoom 2mo agoI remember those days. Lots of software was also export restricted, but the Internet being what it is, I doubt those restrictions mattered much to folks who wanted effective encryption, who would likely just say they were in the US.