__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 01:35 \__
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> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Appears so:-
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>> http://www.acq.osd.mil/actd/articles/OTDRoadmapFinal.pdf
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>> Clearly, the U.S. DoD is anti-capitalist, anti-American, full of
>> commies.... but it does seem to be in favour of OSS (and that's not the
>> Office of Strategic Service!)
>
> I wonder if the days of government excess are drawing to some kind of a
> close? There was a time when governments could throw shedloads of cash
> at projects and nobody would turn a hair, whereas now, there does seem
> to be a lot more interest in the details of what's going on. That said,
> the US budget deficit is the stuff of legend.
Throwing money at Microsoft is like employing your own son
though. It makes such news more encouraging than, let us
say, the French moving to Open Source. On the issue of
budgets, it is rather sad that funds for research is
declining in the States. Education is affected in line with
this trend, which leads to a dangerous cycle wherein
youngsters become less literate and less able to compete
with the tech world. Then you have the debates about A levels
and GCSE's, which were argues to get easier just because st-
udents are doing better...
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