Re:America has become too anti-innovation
by WalterBright on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:06AM
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> the invention of the internet, [...] – were the result of sustained and substantial government investment
Hardly. Anyone who has been in the industry for more than 30 years knows that anyone with 2 or more computers immediately desired to hook them together. All kinds of networks were developed, eventually all merging into the internet. BIX, Prodigy, MCImail, FidoNet, Compuserve, Novell, just to name a few off the top of my head, not to mention innumerable others people invented.
The article is completely one sided, failing to mention such innovations as Ethernet, Xerography and, of course, the transistor itself. If a product consists of innovations A B C D and the government did C, it presumes that C would never otherwise have come about. It's classic selection bias.
Hardly. Anyone who has been in the industry for more than 30 years knows that anyone with 2 or more computers immediately desired to hook them together. All kinds of networks were developed, eventually all merging into the internet. BIX, Prodigy, MCImail, FidoNet, Compuserve, Novell, just to name a few off the top of my head, not to mention innumerable others people invented.
The article is completely one sided, failing to mention such innovations as Ethernet, Xerography and, of course, the transistor itself. If a product consists of innovations A B C D and the government did C, it presumes that C would never otherwise have come about. It's classic selection bias.