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This thread is full of people saying that what Xerox did was some terrible mistake, but I think that it was much better that they could afford to do all this re
by gman83 3y ago
This thread is full of people saying that what Xerox did was some terrible mistake, but I think that it was much better that they could afford to do all this research which spawned a massive industry as a result than had they become this massive monopoly which controlled everything.
If Google spends billions of it's ad money doing original research that spawns a new industry with thousands of companies, that would seem to be a great result to me.
- eigenvalue 3y agoThat might be true on a societal level, but is small solace to XRX shareholders, not to mention the many researchers who contributed these brilliant creations only to see them exploited by others while their own company just ignored them and let them die on the vine.