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I'm sure Steve Blank has his own hypothesis about what could possibly shake things up and restart the cycle of innovation in SV, would love to hear it. (that's

by d136o 12y ago

I'm sure Steve Blank has his own hypothesis about what could possibly shake things up and restart the cycle of innovation in SV, would love to hear it. (that's the question he poses at the end of the lecture). My mind wondered towards the influence of open source software, and open solutions, across all that is tech today (ok fine, all software at least). Technologies developed in secret were thoroughly featured in the history covered, but today for example we have the linux kernel, an open collaborative effort, underpinning most of what's being built for profit in the valley. Can open source type efforts (maker movement/oss and other nicknames) change the pace of innovation? i.e. restart the valley's cycle of innovation? Is the valley not are the forefront any more? Is innovation in the valley being stifled by attempts to control IP? [0] What will shake things up? [0] http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297

arca_vorago 12y ago
"Is the valley not are the forefront any more? Is innovation in the valley being stifled by attempts to control IP? " No, I don't think SV is "The forefront", but it remains one of the forefronts, simply because of the remnant culture and money flow. That being said, I do think it has stagnated mostly do to your rightly referenced attempts to control IP. What I am seeing is that many of the companies the best poised for the future are those that are fully embracing FOSS but have learned how to adapt a business model to still profit while supporting that FOSS. Otherwise you end up with a company trying to go Apple and fork something open and then shove the user into a prison. My observation is that businesses have only put up with this because the companies that did it tended to offer support as a prereq for prison sentencing, and companies love support as a backup. As more FOSS friendly companies move away from user-prisons and towards user-freedom but pay us for support if you are a business model, I think more and more the old guards in the industry are headed for a shake up. I don't work in SV but I have friends who do, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Regarding the origins of SV, the talks he gives are very interesting variations on the war refinement produces enhancements in tech line of thinking, which I think will continue to be relatively true. Follow the war money to find out where innovation is going on. For example, the last time I talked to Mudge he was really stoked about all the stuff DARPA was doing, and with programs like cyber-fast track, I think less and less of that money is geographically limited to a single center of innovation like SV.

by d136o 12y ago

arca_vorago 12y ago

"Is the valley not are the forefront any more? Is innovation in the valley being stifled by attempts to control IP? " No, I don't think SV is "The forefront", but it remains one of the forefronts, simply because of the remnant culture and money flow. That being said, I do think it has stagnated mostly do to your rightly referenced attempts to control IP. What I am seeing is that many of the companies the best poised for the future are those that are fully embracing FOSS but have learned how to adapt a business model to still profit while supporting that FOSS. Otherwise you end up with a company trying to go Apple and fork something open and then shove the user into a prison. My observation is that businesses have only put up with this because the companies that did it tended to offer support as a prereq for prison sentencing, and companies love support as a backup. As more FOSS friendly companies move away from user-prisons and towards user-freedom but pay us for support if you are a business model, I think more and more the old guards in the industry are headed for a shake up. I don't work in SV but I have friends who do, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Regarding the origins of SV, the talks he gives are very interesting variations on the war refinement produces enhancements in tech line of thinking, which I think will continue to be relatively true. Follow the war money to find out where innovation is going on. For example, the last time I talked to Mudge he was really stoked about all the stuff DARPA was doing, and with programs like cyber-fast track, I think less and less of that money is geographically limited to a single center of innovation like SV.