> it was that the companies in question weren't always good at capitalising on them There's lots of fun evidence for this - AT&T had an answering machine 1934

> it was that the companies in question weren't always good at capitalising on them There's lots of fun evidence for this - AT&T had an answering machine 1934 but shelved it for 60 years. >AT&T firmly believed that the answering machine, and its magnetic tapes, would lead the public to abandon the telephone. http://thinkofthat.net/2010/12/03/no-answer-how-and-why-att-killed-the-first-answering-machine/ http://thinkofthat.net/2010/12/03/no-answer-how-and-why-att-...