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Re:How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by Buying I... by Daishiman on Monday May 09, 2016 @02:46AM (#11658003)
How funny that you mention that, given that the Internet, the very backbone upon so much of the economy moves around, started and developmed mostly as... a military project. Supported by universities and public research.
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Re:How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by Buying I... by maxerickson on Monday May 09, 2016 @07:14AM (#11658894)
The market paid Cisco and the like to develop the ever advancing hardware that powers the internet as it exists today.
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Re:How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by Buying I... by Daishiman on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:53AM (#11659401)
Sure they did, because corporations are much better at iterative product improvements than at radical, high-risk research projects with no short-term returns. So?
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