At some point, companies will be ready to sell products, and market demand can take over. The US Department of Defense was the only customer for integrated circuits in 1962, but by the end of the decade consumers were buying transistor radios and pocket calculators in droves.
像微电子计划一样，政府激励不必一直陪伴企业取得商业上的成功。企业在某一时点会准备好出售产品，于是市场需求就可以接管剩下的旅程。1962年美国国防部还是集成电路的唯一客户，但到20世纪60年代末消费者已经对购买晶体管收音机和袖珍计算器趋之若鹜。