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sarvesh on June 8, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Taxpayer funded open source?

Arpanet wasn't a startup, it came out of a defense program. What I am saying it trying to pick winners in silicon valley is a bad idea.

PaulMorgan on June 9, 2009 [–]

The government picks winners all the time when awarding contracts and has a lot of experience doing so (when the process is done right). For Arpanet they picked a winner with BBN.

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