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Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Given Japanese copyright, intellectual property, and software walled gardens make American businesses look like an open paradise, this failure is probably for the better.

Japanese companies HATE open standards and interoperability, and it was WAY worse in the 80s.