> it probably is an anomaly that this was government funded. All of private tech relies on it, and private tech is big enough to pay for it.
I mean doesn't big tech and the people they give salary money to pay taxes? Ground transportation companies rely on public roads and but we fund it because having the infrastructure is an economic multiplier.
I'm not arguing in favor of funding the CVE program, I just don't think that's a good reason.
Opinions vary on what the purpose of government is, but if you take the view that the government's priorities should be providing services that are impossible, inefficient, or unethical to provide privately, then I don't see the CVE program making the cut, when the tech industry is collectively flush with resources and has every incentive to form an industry consortium to take it over.
I mean doesn't big tech and the people they give salary money to pay taxes? Ground transportation companies rely on public roads and but we fund it because having the infrastructure is an economic multiplier.
I'm not arguing in favor of funding the CVE program, I just don't think that's a good reason.