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You offer a few examples of research developed my Microsoft but don't mention the destruction of an entire generation of innovation by deliberate barrier of ent
by peter_retief 9y ago
You offer a few examples of research developed my Microsoft but don't mention the destruction of an entire generation of innovation by deliberate barrier of entry by obfuscation and theft of intellectual property. The history of Microsoft is well known I don't need to recite what most people already know
- pjmlp 9y agoI can provide examples of "destruction of an entire generation of innovation by deliberate barrier of entry by obfuscation", whatever that means, for almost any company in the IT landscape. I don't know, should I start with Google, IBM, Oracle and Apple examples?
- peter_retief 9y agoHow much of that is a direct result of Microsoft setting the standard of bullying, stealing and legal threats to keep their monopoly and prevent small innovators disrupting?
- pjmlp 9y agoJust like any other corporation starting with the ones I mentioned, money drives the world, not religious personification for and against companies.
- peter_retief 9y agoMoney "is" a form of religion its called Mammon. I care about creativity and fair play, if that was a religion I would probably join. Surely we must believe something is worthwhile or worth fighting for? A lot of what I say is to generate debate which is something else I care about
- zvrba 9y agoWhat matters is now, not history. History is a bad predictor of future behavior (remember Google's "don't be evil"?)
- peter_retief 9y agoWhat else do we have beside history?