| From: | Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: China - PLA Macrotechnology |
| Date: | Fri, 15 May 1998 17:34:48 +1200 |
>>support industries (textiles, oil and fuel, et cetera). To the
fortune
>>of many other corporations, PLA Macrotech still lags far behind in the
>>fields of Matrixware, cyberware and bioware, being considered some
>>seven-to-fifteen years behind the current State-Of-The-Art {as at
2050}.
>>(e.g. hydraulic rams (see the Plastic Warriors supplements) instead of
>>microtronic myomers for cyberlimb 'muscles', wired reflexes etcetera
>>still experimental).
>>(Suggest +20% Essence cost, x 2 monetary cost for PLA Macrotech-made
>>cyberware, and treat as 'second-hand' for chances of failure/breakage.
>>Artificially-grown organs are 'Type G' at best. PLA Macrotech-made
>>Matrixware (cyberdecks etc) are still the size of a (1995) personal
>>computer, and their programs are either unlicensed copies of
>>'mainstream' Matrixware or rather clumsy (PLA decks and programs are
>>effectively cyberterminals - 'tortoises'.)
>
>
>Unless they have access to a protected market (such as is possible in a
>Communist country), a corp would give up on areas they are that far
behind
>(you're saying about 15 years behind for decks). Either that, or they'd
>acquire the expertise from somewhere.
>
>Even in a protected market, they'd probably find it more cost-effective
to
>resell technology from other corporations.
Yeah, true. I was referring to cyber and other stuff purchased inside
China (a protected market; the 'open' market PLA-Macro just gave up on,
but since 95% of Chinese can't get anything better, the domestic market
is booming...) And what happens when outsiders want to buy cyberware or
Matrixware in China? Guess who is the only corp allowed to perform that
sort of surgery in China? <egmg> I believe that the current Chinese
regime only believes in fair competition when it has none, so why should
their successors start being open-handed now?
See you Monday!
Danyel Woods
9604801@********.ac.nz
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