That phrase is not necessarily true. Non-industry organizations are no more objective by definition than industry organizations. They have their own agendas as well and those agendas aren't necessarily any more in the public interest than industry ones. -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page
a) it was transparent and could be verified by anyone
b) they didn't insist nobody else could do anything with it without their permission
the problem right now is they claim "it's proprietary, so we can't let you see the raw data" and they insist on complete control of the use, even if govt $$ paid for "collecting" it.
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