[−]TheOtherHobbes · 2026-11-15 Sun 12:29 UTC ·
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Incorrect. Governments can - and should - have goals beyond simple engineering problems. Traditionally government funds corporate and academic R&D which is then productised and commercialised by the private sector.
This is literally how the computing industry was built.
Ignoring those goals for short-term corporate profit is politically incompetent, and has terrible consequences - as most of us are about to find out.
This is literally how the computing industry was built.
Ignoring those goals for short-term corporate profit is politically incompetent, and has terrible consequences - as most of us are about to find out.