Ireland (boh.delete@this.outlook.ie) on February 6, 2017 11:17 am wrote:
> The point is, I've known the folk in this part of the globe, and the ideas that they tend to experiment with.
> Often, as in the case of software they're pioneers in doing a lot of things, trying out new ideas. However,
> as in the case of super-computer projects such as this Cray ARM-based one, there isn't always a large enough
> demand and market - which is needed to fully grow things from concept, into a full business.

I'm at tich@pobox if you want to discuss these kinds of issues offline. The realworldtech
forum is more focused on technical issues, and to some extent technology/business
interactions, than on broader issues of technology in society, and you will
continue to face pushback against continuing this kind of discussion on this particular
forum - in particular when the discussion involves non-quantitative speculation and open-ended questions which digress far from concrete issues of hardware and software design.