Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Bah! Materialism rules .
Bah! Materialism rules .
I'd rather have a computer industry so I can talk to people all over the world rather than not even developing the technology (because there is no profit).
Remeber the OpenSource movement. There isn't much profit there (at least not yet, despite some IPO insanity during the tech bubble). People don't create and produce Linux and GIMP etc to make money, but because they love their work. It fulfills a creative need that all humans have. That will still exist. And because we believe in a democractic society, instead of having to convince people with money that you idea is good, you just have to convince your fellow citizens.
If it were up to the American public, we'd have had air bags in autos twenty years before the car companies finally got around to doing it. In many many cases, supply lags far behind demand because the people with money don't see a need for the product.
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