Comments by "John L." (@johnl.7754) on "The Rapid Collapse of the Swedish Mechanical Calculator Industry" video.

  1. Many of the old companies also had very expensive liabilities (like pensions) to be able to survive in the ultra competitive new tech markets.
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  2. From the video it seems like they tried (putting their name on imported machines) but never got the exclusive legal rights. Nokia did even better by selling the dying mobile phone part of company to Microsoft.
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