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**BGThomasis** · 07-17-2012, 02:48 PM

Do you?

You're arguing that the government is the innovator. The government is what gets things done. The government knows best. Am I wrong?

I was countering your assertion that the important bits of the Internet were developed by private industry. They were in fact developed by DARPA and the R&D arm of a massive government-sanctioned monopoly. The point is that every day businesses take advantage of technology, infrastructure, education, and research that are or were backed by government dollars.

07-17-2012, 02:48 PM	#19
BGThomasis Join Date Oct 2005 Location United Kingdom Posts 420 Senior Member	Do you? You're arguing that the government is the innovator. The government is what gets things done. The government knows best. Am I wrong? I was countering your assertion that the important bits of the Internet were developed by private industry. They were in fact developed by DARPA and the R&D arm of a massive government-sanctioned monopoly. The point is that every day businesses take advantage of technology, infrastructure, education, and research that are or were backed by government dollars.
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