Thread by @Prune602

‼️ “In Russia, colleges and universities may be prohibited from using foreign software when training in construction specialties.”

👉 Including Autodesk

moscowtimes.ru/2024/07/18/vro…

https://twitter.com/prune602/status/1812971934277333407

So there is something I want to point out about this. This sort of thing has been listed as a contributing factor to Russian leaving the country.

If you can’t/won’t let people be/remain competent in global standards it isolates your ability to collaborate globally.

https://twitter.com/prune602/status/1776134550478897448

I know this is probably far down Russia’s current list of priorities, but it means that adapting to be a country that provides the export of technical services globally becomes challenging.

It will also make the IMPORT of global services (if anyone agrees to it) more expensive if they have to suddenly do it in some other obscure (likely inferior) product.

And these mandates are put out with out regard to realistic estimates of if/when domestic software can be produced 🫠 (while also spurring more of the people needed to create it to leave)

Here is good example 👇

https://twitter.com/prune602/status/1781070348441489639

That’s why I made a statement like this.

The overall understanding of proportional size of the Russian economy does matter when think in terms of scale.

https://twitter.com/prune602/status/1798869164830179356

Russia is trying to convince the world can suddenly and simultaneously recreate innumerable amounts of software from multiple countries that have years of development experience, while also not REALLY receiving much if any state support.

While it’s possible for them to maybe achieve limited success on certain software if provided with the necessary resources, the magnitude of what they project/would like to achieve FAR outweighs the resources available to achieve those goals in the time frame allotted.