> I'm not sure either that consumer goods (particularly tech) is an area
> where the government might have a positive step from stepping in,
> other than promoting open source software. I'm of the idea that in a
> socialist world we' d be all running 486 powered computers still,
> simply because advances in hardware were only a result of the fierce
> throat-cutting competition in the semiconductor industry...
There might be a case for this in the past 30 years or so, but very much not in the 30 years before that.
-- Andy