Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 11:16 AM EDT |
Well, Edison did learn about 1000 ways to NOT make a light
bulb. Probably safer than trying to invent a parachute,
I suppose.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 11:37 AM EDT |
Just like Apple then. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 03:21 PM EDT |
QI is great!
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 04:23 PM EDT |
He didn't just "steal", he paid for rivals' patents.
Individually, those patents weren't worth much. Once he'd
gotten essentially all of them, though, he had a nice
monopoly. An interesting way of cornering a market. It
takes vision, guts, money and patience. Buying all the
patents in a sector is cheaper than buying established
businesses (say railroads or sugar mills) but also riskier,
since you have to develop a new market before the patents run
out and you won't see returns until your business grows. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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