Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Why would I spend 20 years developing 
>> a cure for cancer if the actual cost of manufacturing the final drug is $10 
>> a dose?
> 
>   Many scientists do their job for reasons other than to get rich,

Certainly. But would you do it for free? And could you convince all the 
manufacturers of the equipment you needed to buy to do it for free? And the 
folks who own the hospital where you do the trials, do they decide they'll 
rent you their space for 20 years?

I'd be an astronaut for free, too. But I wouldn't mine the ore for the 
steel/aluminum/whatever for the space shuttle for free.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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