There is a huge amount of federal money that goes into maintaining a massive agricultural surplus here in the states - this could easily be switched over to, say, buying a nice new home for myself, or maybe that new Linux PDA.
Wait, you mean the government won't give it back to me? Damn
Uh, that is Forwards Compatibility. There is a big difference.
The latter is much harder to provide -- and slightly less important -- in software development, and requires a lot of forethought.
There is a huge amount of federal money that goes into maintaining a massive agricultural surplus here in the states - this could easily be switched over to, say, buying a nice new home for myself, or maybe that new Linux PDA.
Wait, you mean the government won't give it back to me? Damn