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To: Krowbar who wrote (22651)5/31/1998 1:56:00 AM
From: Father Terrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Del:

Actually we owe the computer industry to Von Neumann and later, NASA.

FT



To: Krowbar who wrote (22651)5/31/1998 2:03:00 AM
From: Father Terrence  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Del:

Examples abound throughout history of original companies creating breakthrough technology and other companies capitalizing it and outmarketing the original company thus grabbing almost all the marketshare. A classic example of this is Nikola Tesla vs. Edison. Tesla created alternating power, without which Edison's new electric power plants (which were DC) were next to useless. Edison copied Tesla's technology, applied it to his powerplants, and the rest is history.

FT



To: Krowbar who wrote (22651)5/31/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot  Respond to of 108807
 
Del,

Thanks. And to think I never even got around to mentioning Gary Kildall and the roots of MS-DOS or CP/M. Oh well, maybe next time.

Holly


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