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> Governments can barely manage a website

"Governments" built most of the technology that the web relies upon today.

Government funding built it would be more appropriate. Government agencies (outside of intelligence) are usually bereft of technology competency.

> Government funding built it would be more appropriate

It's essentially the same thing - when tax money fund R&D with the explicit requirement that all results become publicly available.

Well, sort of. They at least provided the incentive.