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Comment by Viliam1234

2 years ago

That's not an excuse. In socialist Czechoslovakia, a coop farm produced computers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JZD_Slu%C5%A1ovice#TNS_Compute...

It looks like this system was created out of necessity; there was no viable product for what they needed. Necessity is the mother of innovation after all, and we find this sorts of innovation frequently in non-collectivized entrepreneurships as well. Still, very cool!