Why is Japan So Weak in Software?
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 82% confidenceExplains how Japan's hardware-first keiretsu, custom-software procurement and lifetime employment held back a packaged-software industry; a well-researched institutional analysis.
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Why Japan, a hardware powerhouse, never built a strong software industry: keiretsu, employment practices and procurement.
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Part of Asian Social Issues, Japan Video Essays, Video Essays
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