DocumentCode
37443
Title
The Irony of Public Funding
Author
Greenstein, Shane
Volume
34
Issue
1
fYear
2014
fDate
Jan.-Feb. 2014
Firstpage
94
Lastpage
95
Abstract
This column discusses the irony of government funding of science--that is, that governments tend to fund scientific research in areas where returns are believed to be high, but where there´s little data to confirm or refute this belief. The author illustrates these concepts using the example of the server software Apache.
Keywords
finance; government; Apache software; government funding; public funding; Economics; Funding; Research and development; Apache; cost-benefit calculation; government funding; public funding; rate of return;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1732
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MM.2014.29
Filename
6774356
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