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perhaps. I would agree that many things start proprietary because owning the IP is where a lot of the value is, but, as a consumer, the fact that it is proprie
by dmritard96 12y ago
perhaps. I would agree that many things start proprietary because owning the IP is where a lot of the value is, but, as a consumer, the fact that it is proprietary presents no additional value to me. If I was investing I might see it as a good thing. Instead I read it as: check out our new device for selling you 100 dollar cartridges that will only be available from us.
- wmf 12y agoWriting "proprietary" instead of "innovative" is one example of a company looking at things from their own perspective instead of the customer's perspective. Unfortunately that's so endemic [1] that many people have learned to automatically translate it and don't see it as unusual. [1] see http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-mistakes-of-web-management/ http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-mistakes-of-web-manag... from 1997