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		jonathankoren on Jan 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A mistake that killed Japan’s software industry? Yeah. Cell phones really took off after the local paper mill started making them in the 90s. :)

Tijdreiziger on Jan 11, 2023 [–]

Well, sure, cell phones took off everywhere in the 90's, and the ones out of Finland were certainly among the more popular. GGP was specifically about smartphones, though.

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