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Why pay for uncertain research when you can just wait for others to figure it out and then use their proven technology? Aka, first-mover disadvantage.

• riku_iki 9y ago
  But how to extract know-how from first movers?
  • tzahola 9y ago
    Buy it?
  • badpun 9y ago
    Don't scientists disseminate their findings for free (via publishing papers)?
    • riku_iki 9y ago
      There are probably many papers in semicondactor area, but it is hard to build company producing consumer CPUs. The same is for search engines for example..