* I love Lisp? While I don't "love" any one language, most of my favorite projects were developed by open source communities. * Of course the government will d

* I love Lisp? While I don't "love" any one language, most of my favorite projects were developed by open source communities. * Of course the government will do all of this: It's placed itself at the center of motion. Monopolization doesn't indicate superiority. * General business competitiveness: A business typically has to take other things that I didn't mention into account to be viable. I wasn't prepared to enumerate all of the differences between how a government institution and a for-profit business are run. It's no mystery that being beholden to paying customers or even a community that votes with its feet is more challenging than appealing to the many forces that drive government. And obviously, we're well past the point where American citizens throwing off the bridle is a possibility.