Most computers, which generally run on pirated Microsoft software, come from China. The country’s only computer-manufacturing company, Morning Panda, produces barely 10,000 a year. If computers are rare, printers are even more so. They are closely monitored because of their potential for spreading anti-regime documents.
I'd love to see a Morning Panda computer in action. Anyone have a picture?
A Russian blogger who visited NK last year bought a copy of the NK-produced "Red Star" operating system (in reality, a flavor of Linux), but he doesn't show the hardware: http://ashen-rus.livejournal.com/4300.html
a little birdy told me they are just a crummy Lenovo desktop clone, which isn't surprising they are just copies, the NKs are exceptional counterfeiters and copiers
I hear former Soviet people had to buy US manuals to understand how to program for their copied systems. But they had to claim they were "theoretical" guides, because the copied systems weren't officially copies.
And that they could study Western economics, as long as they filled it under "mathematics".
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Most computers, which generally run on pirated Microsoft software, come from China. The country’s only computer-manufacturing company, Morning Panda, produces barely 10,000 a year. If computers are rare, printers are even more so. They are closely monitored because of their potential for spreading anti-regime documents.
I'd love to see a Morning Panda computer in action. Anyone have a picture?
A Russian blogger who visited NK last year bought a copy of the NK-produced "Red Star" operating system (in reality, a flavor of Linux), but he doesn't show the hardware: http://ashen-rus.livejournal.com/4300.html
a little birdy told me they are just a crummy Lenovo desktop clone, which isn't surprising they are just copies, the NKs are exceptional counterfeiters and copiers
When I learned to program I used a clone of Apple II. At that time it was the only way to produce computers in my country (former communist one). http://www.pravetz.info/images/pravetz/photo-imko-2-1.jpg
I hear former Soviet people had to buy US manuals to understand how to program for their copied systems. But they had to claim they were "theoretical" guides, because the copied systems weren't officially copies.
And that they could study Western economics, as long as they filled it under "mathematics".