>> By contrast, public funding for code is buying code (at least in theory). Funding developers is a risk as to weather the results will be what you hope. Payi

>> By contrast, public funding for code is buying code (at least in theory). Funding developers is a risk as to weather the results will be what you hope. Paying for software is actually paying rent on something already complete. A typical software company uses the rent they collect on prior work to fund the newer risky work. The big companies are mostly doing the rent thing to pay shareholders.