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That’s not how IP works. Having access to documents but without the culture and the human capital to implement it is almost useless. Our problem is that some e
by Robotbeat 5y ago
That’s not how IP works. Having access to documents but without the culture and the human capital to implement it is almost useless.
Our problem is that some entities think that speed of innovation is secondary and always takes a back seat to secrecy. That has a stifling effect on innovation, as it’s impossible to be perfectly careful, and the end result is progress stalls… which means China doesn’t steal anything because there’s nothing to steal… so they’ll just innovate stuff themselves and we’ll have nothing. What a victory!
- xkqd 5y ago> Having access to documents but without the culture and the human capital to implement it is almost useless. I don't think I'd consider it "almost useless". Having source code, material compositions, trade secrets, etc is a significant step towards just outright copying your innovations and using it against you. It takes countless dollars and hours to incept the most basic building blocks of innovation. Hell, consider how much is discovered by accident. Politely, I think it almost borders on arrogance to believe that intangibles like "culture" are required to compete. On the topic of human capital, China's already got it. They've also shown they view their human capital like human cattle.
- liketochill 5y agoJust look at nortel networks. Totally kneecapped by having their products stolen and then their deals.
- lnsru 5y agoThere was good discussion about Nortel yesterday. With nice details from insiders. It’s always nice to blame somebody for local management mistakes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28656445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28656445