{"by":"JesseAldridge","id":647557,"kids":[647885],"parent":647540,"text":"Ok, so government should fund code development, not startups. Companies can then take the resulting code and figure out how to turn it into consumer value. I'll change the title to \"Taxpayer funded open source\".<p>Yes universities are a good source for OSS, but the obvious problem is that they're restricted to university students and faculty. Plus academic bureaucracy is probably not conducive to effective software development.","time":1244479262,"type":"comment"}