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Where does it say this is about websites? Or that it is against building (web) companies ? (Quite the opposite, actually!) I neither buy your point that 1.2mn
by pudo 10y ago
Where does it say this is about websites? Or that it is against building (web) companies ? (Quite the opposite, actually!)
I neither buy your point that 1.2mn R&D money will replace the dot-com economy with socialism, nor that there's no money in infra.
Also, how come you think every place on the web should be for-profit? It's a bit like saying every city needs to turn all its parks and community centers into shopping malls so as not to undermine Starbucks right for revenue.
- 02190191 10y agoThe whole setup of this foundation is very website centric. The description of the candidates for funding is Internet centric. The emphasis is on "new projects". I can already tell you how it will go: People who are good at grant writing, have no shame in over-promising and throw around the right buzzwords will get the "R&D" money. After 6 months you'll have half-finished, bug ridden implementations that are bad copies of existing software, and the projects will be abandoned.
- flapperleenie 10y agoI doubt it. So long as you have experts in the jury – as is the case with the prototype fund – you'll decrease the chances of BS proposals getting funded.