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> Apparently a major contributor to their downfall was all of the IP being stolen If a company is heavily dependent upon existing IP then having it all stolen
by kodablah 8y ago
> Apparently a major contributor to their downfall was all of the IP being stolen
If a company is heavily dependent upon existing IP then having it all stolen will be a major contributor to their downfall. But so is that dependence. Hard to make suggestions without appearing to victim blame, but companies need to be able to survive even without secrets.
- exnorrtel 8y agoI didn't want to pin the downfall of Nortel completely on the IP being stolen and being outmanoeuvred in deals. During the dot-com bust they also lost a bunch of money selling carriers equipment on credit and that is when the tough times and inability of the executives to right the ship began.
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- oh_sigh 8y agoWhy? If you follow that standard, you are basically saying that no R&D should ever be done, because you may just get it stolen and lose any kind of benefit you would derive from doing the R&D in the first place.
- kodablah 8y agoThat's not what I'm saying. I'm saying don't build an overly large dependence on past R&D where resting on those laurels threatens the whole company if theft occurs.
- DataWorker 8y agoCouldn’t the new R&D be stolen as well? It sounds like you don’t like Coca Cola classic.
- cwkoss 8y agoA company who "goes out of business because their IP was stolen" was already going out of business before it was stolen.