So the federal government will subsidize the research costs of private organizations who will reap all of the profit (of commercially viable technology) while taking all of the risk while on the other side, the taxpayer will continue to subsidize politicians pet projects (Solyndra) of technology that has no commercial value. Great deal for corporations, bad deal for the consumer.

How did this post get +2? Inciting class warfare and force private citizens to buy private products with private money from private company or face possible jail is far more "hateful" and negative to the country than anything Santorum has stated.

LOL, Kickstarter is the biggest scam on the planet. So I give them money to develop a product. *I* take the *risk* and they reap all of the reward. If I am going to invest into an idea, it will be for equity in that idea, not a free ride for someone else to possibly make millions..

The biggest joke is that these 'occupy' people all use Facebook to protest Goldman Sachs, a company with a major investment in.....Facebook.

So pretty much ASF is killing OpenOffice....

By that you must mean when Americans buy toys and then leave their kid in front of the TV instead of....i don't know....parenting them.

It should be illegal for these companies to keep user generated content once the user deletes it.

Simple solution to a simple problem. SELL THE STOCK.

Who know the earths climate changes over time. If you look at the graphs (http://berkeleyearth.org/analysis.php) you can see that the warming period skyrocketed in the 1970s yet didn't during the industrial revolution. What is at dispute is the *cause* of the temperature fluctuations. Some believe that it is simply the earths natural cycles while others (usually those who have a financial interest) believe that it is caused 100% by man.

Story ignores shipping, advertising, infrastructure, ect.

What IP outside of their game artwork does Zynga actually own? I mean what is stopping a competitor from coming in a scooping up their business? Do they own any patents? (Hint: The answer is none) So what can they do to protect their market position? Nothing

Good luck with that IBM.

What does a previous version have to do with *this* version mentioned in the article?

More than 50% of Adobe's revenue comes from the Macintosh platform. Pretty sure Apple could survive without Adobe but could Adobe survive without Apple?

The average consumer isn't a reader of PC Pro. If glossy screens weren't focus group tested they would't be sold. I would suspect that there is a loud minority that wants matte screens while the majority either doesn't care or wants glossy. Remember, "pro" users and nerds are not the majority that are a very small minority.