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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by nradov on Saturday September 21, 2019 @04:47PM (#21037837)
I support government funding for basic research as long as there is proper oversight and accountability. That's a totally different situation.
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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by tempguy9999 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @05:32AM (#21040474)
That's a good point, upvoted, however in my one experience of a government funded R&D project many years ago I was involved in, a bunch of universities was asked to produce a product.

There was no proper oversight. We produced nothing of value (and I'd like a post-mortem of why, but never got one). That was UK £2 million wasted.

I've no reason to suppose that company funded R&D is any better than govt. funded though.

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