The government has a unique advantage in funding basic research and projects that bear higher risks, because its driving force is usually not direct profit, but long-term social benefits. The early R&D cycle of technology is long, the capital demand is large, and the risk of success is high. It may not be able to bear or persist relying solely on corporate and market forces. Therefore, government funding is very critical in laying the foundation for technology.

Enterprises usually have a strong momentum to bring technology to market, and are good at productization, meeting consumer needs, and rapidly expanding applications.

Open source projects and communities can promote innovation in a decentralized way, providing transparency, openness and cooperation for technological development. Through the contributions of many developers, the open source community can make rapid progress in refining problems, fixing vulnerabilities, and expanding applications.

The government, enterprises and open source communities each have their own advantages in promoting technological innovation. The government is suitable for funding high-risk, long-term basic research to lay the foundation for technology; enterprises are good at marketization and user demand-driven, and can quickly transform technology into usable products; open source communities promote openness and cooperation, and promote transparent and flexible innovation. The ideal model is a collaborative collaboration among the three.

shuoning Liang