Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!kth!draken!liuida!prosys!ath From: ath@helios.prosys.se (Anders Thulin) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet Message-ID: <311@helios.prosys.se> Date: 28 Nov 88 08:32:26 GMT Organization: Programsystem AB, Linkoping, SWEDEN Lines: 30 An article just crossed my desk. As it deals with computers and the Soviet Union it might be of interest. --- The Swedish company Scandinavian Information Systems has entered a joint venture agreement with a Soviet company to manufacture PC clones in Moscow. The first clones are planned to be delivered in March 1989. Initially the company will only put the components together, but they hope to be able to do their own chips next autumn (of course, this does not include the processor chips). Their goal is to make 10 000 computers the first year. About half of these are intended for the Scandinavian market - the other half for the Soviet market. The article also says that other Swedish companies are planning to enter similar agreements with software products. More interesting, this deal seems to have the blessings of the US gov. The article indicates that the hi tech embargo of hi tech products is not going to be applied. --- -- Anders Thulin INET : ath@prosys.se ProgramSystem AB UUCP : ...!{uunet,mcvax}!enea!prosys!ath Teknikringen 2A PHONE: +46 (0)13 21 40 40 S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden FAX :