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Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by flir on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @06:19AM (#43770422)
I dunno if that many Nobel prizes are being awarded to people working for private companies.

But yes, you're right, a government monopoly where there isn't a natural monopoly isn't a good plan. Funding a whole bunch of small projects might be quite a good plan, though. Sort of like angel investment.

Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by wqaatwt on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @08:32AM (#43771331)
I don’t know if that many Nobel prizes were rewarded to any anyone working on software or even computing in general.