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Re:Why the Raspberry Pi will save the UK by Isofarro on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @09:37AM (#3671156)
"the death of manufacturing in the UK is mainly due to the government totally failing to invest in R&D for the last 15 years or so."

Interesting. Why is it the government's obligation to invest in R&D (of manufacturing?), surely that's the responsibility of the manufacturers themselves?

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Re:Why the Raspberry Pi will save the UK by mattmanser on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @05:36AM (#3675013)
They problem is that they don't, they'll take the low-risk route every time.

The debate included anecdotes saying that China, Germany and America have been pumping %-wise much higher amounts into R&D (or schemes to 'encourage' it) through their governments compared to the UK.

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Re:Why the Raspberry Pi will save the UK by blasterford on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @10:11AM (#3671315)
To a socialist it's the governments obligation to do everything.
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