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This reminds me of "If Edison didn't invent the light bulb, someone else would have: there were thousands of other engineers experimenting with the exact same t
by wimagguc 11y ago
This reminds me of "If Edison didn't invent the light bulb, someone else would have: there were thousands of other engineers experimenting with the exact same thing, a natural next step after electricity came about" (-- paraphrased from Kevin Kelly)
- SixSigma 11y agoOne was called Swan, Edison tried to sue him for patent infringement but Edison's lawyers warned him about prior art, so instead he negotiated a joint venture. You may remember the "Mazda" brand of bulbs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_and_Swan_Electric_Light_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_and_Swan_Electric_Light...
- nuclai 11y agoOh, absolutely. It's an idea whose time had come ;-)