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Meaningful vs. meaningless support from businesses

Posted Sep 30, 2010 15:04 UTC (Thu) by jbh (guest, #494)
In reply to: Meaningful vs. meaningless support from businesses by FlorianMueller
Parent article: Red Hat Responds to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Request for Guidance on Bilski

> state-run research aka the most radical form of communism.

I don't know what to say. This is just silly.

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Meaningful vs. meaningless support from businesses

Posted Oct 3, 2010 23:12 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

aol!

Florian needs to take a look at reality. Most NEW treatments (as opposed to reruns of old drugs) ARE state-funded. They have a habit of coming out of University research.

The other big problem is that most big-pharma research is aimed at the self-inflicted illnesses of affluence. It's widely known that most of the killer diseases of the poor are simply ignored. Unless, of course, they have a habit of causing the poor old western tourist some discomfort ... malaria for example.

Cheers,
Wol