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I don't understand why some people think there is something wrong with the concept of companies developing things for profit. There has never been one significant breakthrough made by a non-profit organization, including Government funded non-profit organizations. Non-profit researchers are after one thing and one thing only - grant money. In fact, the longer they take to do anything the more money they get. The more they embrace feel-good theories, like global warming and the benefits of stem cell research, the better their chance of getting money. The fact that there is no progress in these areas just means that these people are not getting enough money. Give 'em more! For-profit organizations develop things for one reason - to please customers. No customers, no profit. They faster the for-profit organization develops solutions, the greater the chance to make a profit. Profit means money for research to develop new products (not to mention jobs for people and products that don't have to be government-mandated to sell). Excellent point about the farmers going where the money is. That's why the government-mandated gasohol craze has created a new wave of global famine, I guess the not-for-profit people will have to keep a few token for-profit companies around so that some people can actually earn a living. These folks can then have their hard-earned money confiscated through taxation to pay for the not-for-profit folks.