in this case surely he has 'stolen'/adapted/taken inspiration from your operations not the idea? I am a big fan of anybody who manages to push a project into p

in this case surely he has 'stolen'/adapted/taken inspiration from your operations not the idea? I am a big fan of anybody who manages to push a project into production, so the last thing in the World I want to do is be demeaning about somebody's project - nonetheless, I imagine at least one person has 'invented' a similar version of this idea every month for the past few years at least. Luckily, it is operating that separates the wheat from the chaff.