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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by mschuster91 on Saturday June 10, 2017 @01:22PM (#14528188)
> and governments due to lack of vision and political will never would

Governments (US and Soviet) went to the moon. The Internet would not exist without massive military (i.e. government) sponsoring.

But yes, when I am looking at our governments right now, it's hard to find something as progressive as this, except that marijuana is on the rise, Macron has a 50:50 women government and invited scientists from the US to France. The other governments seem to be racing full speed in reverse for me.

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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by skookumchuck on Saturday June 10, 2017 @04:09PM (#14528966)
> The Internet would not exist without massive military (i.e. government) sponsoring.

Yes, it would be called FidoNET instead.

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