04-23-2012, 01:10 PM
Pretty sure that I never said anything about UF cutting it's CS program, and I suspect that the Justice Department would strongly dispute your assertion that PARC was "funded by (a) monopolist." You may want to read the article on today's WSJ, explaining the recent e-book "price-fixing" civil suit against Apple and various book publishers, which illustrates just how little even certain members of Congress seam to know about anti-trust law. To the degree that Bell Labs benefited from AT&T's monopoly, I would remind you that it was the government the effectively gave them that monopoly.Â
But all of that is besides the point. Please re-read my post. The government certainly can create a "public good" by supporting basic research (and building certain bridges, etc.). My point was, in large part, that for every internet success-story the government may produce, there are dozens of ethanol-like misdirected resource stories.
But all of that is besides the point. Please re-read my post. The government certainly can create a "public good" by supporting basic research (and building certain bridges, etc.). My point was, in large part, that for every internet success-story the government may produce, there are dozens of ethanol-like misdirected resource stories.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. - John Stuart Mill