A Billion Dollar Supercomputer Boondoggle?


 

Publication Date: November 1989

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Bryan T. Johnson

Research Area: Science and technology

Keywords: Science

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The Office of Science and Technology Policy urges creation of a "government-business" partnership to develop a system of powerful new hardware and larger storage capacity, and the software to run the system. Such a government-sponsored network would be a costly mistake.