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Originally Posted by dippin
That is a fallacy. The examples they gave were not of some obscure or far removed innovation.
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You do know we are not talking about opinions, here, right? That the amount spent yearly on R&D has been actually accounted for for decades, right?
I am talking about yearly data and you are talking about myths?
And I find it funny that all discording opinions are myths when you've yet to provide either data or concrete examples.
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I am going to assume there is simply a misunderstanding at this point, because I can not believe that there is any possibly way that we are suggesting that government is responsible for the products produced by a company like Cisco or the patents they hold. Why would the government allow Cisco to make billions in profits over the years on R&D done at the expense of tax payers? Why would the government allow a private company to file patents on intellectual property developed by the government? Either I mis-communicated my point or I am misreading the point you and others are making.