Of course the government did build the A and H bombs.
I kinda disagree with this. Scientists and engineers provided the brains to build these, and nearly all other modern marvels as well. The Government may have provided money and material, but not brains. Money and material were plentiful throughout most of our lifetimes, but knowledge had to be developed. I'd guess that brainpower is today's equivalent of yesterday's horsepower. Microsoft has recognized this and assembled an impressive team. Know where the bottlenecks are and address them seems like a good business plan.
As previous posters pointed out, W.H. Gates bought DOS for $50,000 and thrust Microsoft onto the world stage of software. I'd guess most of the posters on this thread, and the overwhelming majority of Microsoft critics had, or could've, acquired $50,000 easily at that time. BUT THEY DIDN'T!!! Consequently, Gates is worth billions, and they're not.
If you can't run, trip the guy who can.
Cheers, PW.
P.S.
Governments are poor builders but superb destroyers. As such, we'd expect them to create the needed tools of the trade.
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