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"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." -Howard Aiken (the original conceptual designer behin
by bravura 16y ago
"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." -Howard Aiken (the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer)
- code_duck 16y agoThat's true for absolute blockbuster ideas. Ideas that are merely good, slightly novel or clever yet are good enough to form the basis of a lucrative business probably don't have to be fought for as much.