The most succesful tech companies in the world are government controlled…..take the American semiconductor designers…Texas, Analog devices, onsemi, etc etc……..they are USA government controlled….there is no way the USA government would allow them to be free private enterprises…..these industries form the heart of the American military machine. There is no way the Yank government would allow them to be free and private…because if they were they could get bought out by foreigners etc etc….or “influenced” to sell off some of their IP to foreigners etc etc
They are government controlled, and they are massively successful…I could say “I rest my case”
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Texas Instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company
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Type Public
Traded as
NASDAQ: TXN
NASDAQ-100 component
S&P 100 component
S&P 500 component
History
"
Texas Instruments was founded by Cecil H. Green, J. Erik Jonsson, Eugene McDermott, and Patrick E. Haggerty in 1951. McDermott was one of the original founders of Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI) in 1930. McDermott, Green, and Jonsson were GSI employees who purchased the company in 1941. In November, 1945, Patrick Haggerty was hired as general manager of the Laboratory and Manufacturing (L&M) division, which focused on electronic equipment.[13] By 1951, the L&M division, with its defense contracts, was growing faster than GSI's Geophysical division. The company was reorganized and initially renamed General Instruments Inc. Because there already existed a firm named General Instrument, the company was renamed Texas Instruments that same year. From 1956 to 1961, Fred Agnich of Dallas, later a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, was the Texas Instruments president. Geophysical Service, Inc. became a subsidiary of Texas Instruments. Early in 1988 most of GSI was sold to the Halliburton Company."
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Analog Devices
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Devices
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Type Public
Traded as
NASDAQ: ADI
NASDAQ-100 component
S&P 500 component
History
"The company was founded by two MIT graduates, Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber in 1965.[9] The same year, the company released its first product, the model 101 op amp,[10] which was a hockey-puck sized module used in test and measurement equipment.[11] In 1967, the company published the first issue of its technical magazine, Analog Dialogue.[12]
In 1969, Analog Devices filed an initial public offering[13] and became a publicly traded company. Ten years later, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.[14]
In 1973, the company was the first to launch laser trim wafers and the first CMOS digital-to-analog converter.[10] By 1996, the company reported over $1 billion in company revenue.[15] That same year, Jerald Fishman was named President and CEO, a position he held until his death in 2013 (see below).[16][17]
In 2000, ADI's sales grew by over 75% to $2.578 Billion and the company acquired five companies including BCO Technologies PLC, a manufacturer of thick film semiconductors, for $150 million.[15][18]
In January 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of the CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from ADI., for $184 million.
By 2004, ADI had a customer base of 60,000 and its portfolio included over 10,000 products.[15]
In July 2016, Analog and Linear Technology agreed that Analog would acquire Linear in an approximately $14.8 billion cash and stock deal."
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ON Semiconductor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ON_Semiconductor
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Type Public
Traded as NASDAQ: ON
Russell 1000 Component
Industry Semiconductors
Founded 1999; 19 years ago
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona, United States
History
"ON Semiconductor was founded in 1999. The company was originally a spinoff of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector. It continues to manufacture Motorola's discrete, standard analog, and standard logic devices."
See long list of Acquisitions, too numerous to post here.
Where do you see "government control" in these companies?