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by yamtaddle 1291 days ago
Didn't necessarily say it was bad. It's a bit like the Japanese R&D-pooling system post-WWII, in some ways, and AFAIK that worked great. Just unofficial, and with a profit margin.

[EDIT] Well, and also it's not kept within the host country, but exports those ideas & methods globally.