DARPA basically pored money into the very bleeding edge of tech, not the day to day stuff. They are interested in innovation because they want smarter weapons.

DARPA basically pored money into the very bleeding edge of tech, not the day to day stuff. They are interested in innovation because they want smarter weapons. They essentially funded R&D then left private companies alone to profit from that R&D. So I don't think that model applies to say a web site analysis tool, or another text editor, or a cutting edge todo list app... You know, the boring OSS software we use everyday...