Honey, do us all a favour and stop making sh*t up. Science do not work that way. My teacher was making her thesis using connected computers far away from each other - many years ago, when computers were used mainly by military and scientists. You had something called ARPANET. Here it was called differently. The moment an idea (to connect computers) appears on horizon, it is picked up immidietly by scientists, their origins notwithstanding. To your chagrin, I will kindly inform you about cooperation between soviet (not capitalism) and american (capitalism) scientists. However, thanks to dodging capitalism after II WW, we were able to create free of charge, elite high schools where the only condition was to get the best results on your tests, not your creditworthiness or your parent`s wallet. To get there you need to be better then 50+ other persons on one place. High rivelry stems from high acessibility. Of course, it`s easier to get to university later, which are free of charge.