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Re:NSA Technology Transfer Program – 2014 Technology Catalog... by jonknee on Friday September 26, 2014 @03:48PM (#8374510)
> If they give it away for free, that benefits a relatively few people who can make use of it.

If there are relatively few people who benefit the sales will also be meaningless. You'll also have a bunch of losses for things that didn't sell well, liability for when something goes wrong, etc etc. The government isn't a business, it should not try to be one.

Re:NSA Technology Transfer Program – 2014 Technology Catalog... by bryondowd on Friday September 26, 2014 @04:20PM (#8374651)
Well yeah, but there's a difference between "Let's list all this stuff we've already done for our own purposes and see if we can recoup a little cash" and acting like a business. As long as they aren't putting too much effort into sales, it probably works out to an easy net positive.