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Adrian Drake wrote:
> He'd have let Bill Gates steal the idea for the brick and MicroBlok would be
> the king of the building block empire. Microblok would make inferior
> products, but would force all toy buyers to also purchase their product.
> Meanwhile, Steve's Lego company, while making a superior product, will
> languish at the bottom of the sales rankings.
Hmmm, some might point out an unexpected parallel... Note that neither
TLC or Apple were the originator of their signature idea (well, in
Apple's case, their 2nd signature idea), and some might argue they
"stole" the idea from the originator...).
FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate
Frank
(who has sat in front of a Xerox Star and realizes how much Apple
screwed up the interface, and feels that Microsoft is perhaps actually
closer to what Xerox had originated).
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