[IP] Fwd: Column on Google and America's Innovation Policy
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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:53:49 -0700
From: Tom Kalil <tkalil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Column on Google and America's Innovation Policy
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- Tom Kalil
The press has gone gaga over Google -- the world's most popular Internet
search engine.
With its upcoming IPO, every aspect of the company's business strategy and
quirky culture
has been scrutinized. One issue that has received almost no attention,
however, is the important
role that federal research policy has played in creating Google and other
Internet companies.
Past federal investments have allowed the United States to establish a
commanding lead in the
Internet and other advanced technologies. Unfortunately, America's
innovation policy is headed in
the wrong direction. As we enter the 21st century, our current policies are
putting America's status
as a technological superpower at risk ...
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=71217
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