I have no idea who is dinging these posts ard. very interesting article. in our business, we have long lamented GAAP rules (which only attach profits to manufacturing-not R&D) and of course the SOX rule changes that tax options upfront, creating a brain drain of huge proportions for most startups. This has killed innovation in the US over the last decade. People do not realize that the technology they see today is ten years old or more from development. most disruptive inventions, outside me too products, have really dried up in the US due first and foremost to these issues. My husband wrote a book about these same issues. The Decline and Fall of the American Entrepreneur:...on amazon. I shamelessly plug it, when the topic comes up :)