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My last point was explicitly also about how it enabled your first paragraph. Apple II at the time wasn't cheap, nor were other computers. Government grants for
by p_l 6y ago
My last point was explicitly also about how it enabled your first paragraph. Apple II at the time wasn't cheap, nor were other computers. Government grants for computers in education created a market that could be then targeted by Apple (and anyone who thinks Apple didn't dedicate serious resources into capturing that market is naive at best)
- lokar 6y agoBut the goal of the government funding was not to subsidise or support use tech companies. It was to improve education.
- SllX 6y agoThis has been a long comment chain to say American governments bought computers to use them for their work.
- turbinerneiter 6y agoThis is however a key thing that the US is doing better than the EU. US - I help you by buying your product EU - I will buy the product of your foreign competitor, but you can apply for a research grant, that only pays for half of your investment and comes with bureaucratic overhead that cost more than we pay you
- SllX 6y agoI agree, and I wish this particular comment of yours were further up the chain.