Also, after reading the article, just because they found it in LABRATORY conditions dosen't mean that it will work out. Thousands of drugs were labratory "stars" and never made it out to market for a variety of reasons. Let's see some real world studies.
The Government DOES put BILLIONS of dollars into this kind of research. The amount of Government money in research in astounding. Many research projects split funding between the Government and the drug companies.
"..a small script which I wrote for grbbing pictures from a usb card, and gtksee for viewing the pics. And printing. "
And I think that's the problem. Most people cannot write a script for something when they want to add a component. I have tried Linux numerous times, and still have not yet successfully "added" a program after an inital install. I can't even get to install a simple add-on like Flash to my broswer under Linux. I am not dumb, and I do RTFM, but still have a hard time with all the little quirks of Linux. I would be willing to pay for a stable non M$ alternative, but still havent found it.
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Also, after reading the article, just because they found it in LABRATORY conditions dosen't mean that it will work out. Thousands of drugs were labratory "stars" and never made it out to market for a variety of reasons. Let's see some real world studies.
The Government DOES put BILLIONS of dollars into this kind of research. The amount of Government money in research in astounding. Many research projects split funding between the Government and the drug companies.
"..a small script which I wrote for grbbing pictures from a usb card, and gtksee for viewing the pics. And printing. "
And I think that's the problem. Most people cannot write a script for something when they want to add a component. I have tried Linux numerous times, and still have not yet successfully "added" a program after an inital install. I can't even get to install a simple add-on like Flash to my broswer under Linux. I am not dumb, and I do RTFM, but still have a hard time with all the little quirks of Linux. I would be willing to pay for a stable non M$ alternative, but still havent found it.