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There is also Robertson, which is superior to Philips, but lost due to poor marketing :)
by nzmsv 16y ago
There is also Robertson, which is superior to Philips, but lost due to poor marketing :)
- pronoiac 16y agoWhat I'd heard was that the Robertson screw, though awesome, didn't take off due to exorbitant royalties, but checking, it looks like he refused to license them to let anyone else make them after getting burned, & having only one supplier worried Henry Ford too much to use them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Robertson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Robertson
- lwhi 16y agoSounds a bit like Android vs iOS (or Windows vs. MacOS).