[Nephi]

Wow.
I expected to see several posts explaining why when Bush does it, its different from when Clinton did it.
Amazing.

[batter]

I don't think there is much excuse for this besides "if we don't do it, other counties will". Unfortunately, I don't buy that excuse. IMO, Bush has made a very bad decision on this one.

[LarryLied]

No comparison to what Clinton did. First, the People's Republic of China bribed Clinton to ease export controls. Secondly, the technology has advanced to the point where countries can build Cray type machines with off the shelf parts. Saddam is rumored to have purchased hundreds of Sony Playstation 2's to do just that. And controls are still in place for higher power machines. Banning the export of under 190,000 MTOPS makes as much sense as banning handguns. Anyone who wants one can get one no matter what the law is. In fact, the clusters are one tenth to one third the cost of a mainframe and the operating system, Linux, is free. Think China is going to pay the big bucks for a Cray? I don't. They'll build their own.