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Originally Posted by roachboy
uh, ace---that's simply a historical fact.
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Using the logic here, we should give Adam and Eve (or the amoeba responsible for the evolution of man) the credit for all innovation.
I don't have the ability to say what might have been, the assumption that if not for government Cisco would not exist, is just that - an assumption, not a fact.
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Originally Posted by guyy
Well, Ace, had they had the resources and power of the state, I suppose they could have done it all themselves, but i think it's safe to say that Cisco depends on technology developed with funding from the Cold War state.
In fact, computers as we know them were developed with funding from the state. It's the same for networking and computer languages -- even the browser which allowed the commercialisation of computer networks was developed in a state-funded lab.
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This game you want to play goes no where. O.k., what about electricity and the research that lead to our ability to harness it. That was not government, that was before any innovation in computer technology.