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> And yet it didn't work out well for the company that funded it. I get that point. We're all interested in building great and successful companies on here, so
by seeekr 10y ago
> And yet it didn't work out well for the company that funded it.
I get that point. We're all interested in building great and successful companies on here, so of course it's a bummer when there is success from one perspective, but the whole thing kinda doesn't work out overall.
But I also want to ask: As a society, don't we benefit so much from any advancements made in the open, through publicly shared research as well as the open source movement, that sometimes we would do well to just bask in the glory of those advancements and never mind what individual entities (financially, structurally) stuck around or not, profited or not, in the procuring of said advancements?
It's also very clear of course that it is beneficial to look at the past in a discerning way, learn from it, make it better now and in the future. Still, there's something about the thought in the paragraph above that I wanted to bring up.
- leereeves 10y agoI just meant that, in the context of this post, and given the poor history of corporate research turning into corporate profits, I can understand Apple's reluctance to fund blue sky research. I do admire a company that contributes in that way, recognizing that it's a contribution to humanity rather than investment for future profits.