Tresy Kilbourne wrote:
> and society benefited. If, in the 50s the government had been
> straightforward about it and said, it's a choice between publicly
> subsidized high-tech and no high-tech at all, I think most people would
> have said, by all means, subsidize high-tech!

sure.. but if the public subsidized it, the public ought to benefit from
it.  not private corporations.
thanks from ben