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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Could” May”

The article is riddled with pie in the sky enthusiasm.

I will go out on a limb and say NOPE it won’t.


3 posted on 02/24/2024 8:31:28 PM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

It’s a typical R&D paper filled with “could” and “maybe.”

10% of ideas get out of basic research and move to applied research.
10% of ideas get out of applied research and move to development.
10% of ideas get out of development and into prototype / beta testing.
10% of ideas get out of prototype / beta testing and go commercial.
10% of commercial ideas succeed in the marketplace and pay back all those costs AND the costs of everything else that failed.


6 posted on 02/24/2024 9:47:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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