Re:Good (Score 1)

Nah, nah, I remember Mosaic well. (that was just a typo) The only browser I used for years. Out of UIUC, if I recall correctly, and probably funded by the NSF I think. But then, oh yea I forgot, government funding of research is supposed to be a BAD THING, nevermind the invention of the internet &c. Something about stifling the free market - wasn't that the idea? And yet here we are again with the competitiveness initiative.... round and round we go. Gov't should step in, gov't should step out, gov't should.... etc. No, I agree. This is good. Business shouldn't be allowed to have its cake and eat it too. Businesses want me to get excited about the work I do? Money and a stable job makes me excited. If the US wants more sci/eng types, it better not look to the free market. The free market will outsource you, and then we'll be stuck with nothing but lots of accountants/lawyers etc who will be very good at making dollars while at the same time those dollars will become worth less and less. OK, I'm not an economist, but everybody else plays one too, so there's my take....