[Info-vax] VAX 6000 on Young Sheldon

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On Thu, 2023-02-09 at 14:01 -0500, bill wrote:
> > Yeah .. that 11/782 "farm machinery" shipment that was planned for
> > shipment to Russia almost cost DEC corporate to lose its WW export
> > license from the US Government.
> > 
> > After that incident, every DEC employee WW had to take a short
> > course on import/export compliance and being aware of various
> > scenario watch-outs.
> 
> The biggest violators were Indian companies who happily bought DEC
> gear (and other prohibited items) did internal corporate transfer
> from an American branch to an Indian branch and then sold it to the
> USSR.  One of them used to brag about it on the original USENET. I
> understand they continue to violate the sanctions against Russia
> today.  And yet, we still call them allies.  What is the old
> saying? "With friends like that who needs enemies."

They're still quite happily buying cheap fuel from the be-damned
Russians.
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