patentcad
09-05-08, 06:14 PM
You do have do wonder (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/05/microsoft_calling_up_gurus_to_take_on_apples_geniuses.html) about that.
Foo - So did Microsoft ever have an original idea of its own, ever?
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AEO
09-05-08, 06:19 PM
do they answer in an Indian accent too?
BananaTugger
09-05-08, 06:27 PM
It's not like they don't have the money to buy ideas.
AEO
09-05-08, 06:41 PM
was the 'sell your customers beta products' Microsoft's idea?
patentcad
09-05-08, 07:15 PM
was the 'sell your customers beta products' Microsoft's idea?
In all fairness that is the Software Industry Credo.
In all fairness that is the Software Industry Credo.
dauphin
09-05-08, 07:46 PM
I thought they learned it from the Japanese.
mrbubbles
09-05-08, 07:50 PM
Originality doesn't make you billions. Monopoly makes you billions.
crtreedude
09-05-08, 07:54 PM
Originality doesn't make you billions. Monopoly makes you billions.
True, but rarely do you get the chance to be a monopoly without first having originality...
True, but rarely do you get the chance to be a monopoly without first having originality...
patentcad
09-05-08, 09:11 PM
True, but rarely do you get the chance to be a monopoly without first having originality...
Microsoft pulled it off.
Microsoft pulled it off.
AEO
09-05-08, 09:17 PM
I thought they learned it from the Japanese.
Japanese don't really invent anything on their own per say.
Some white chap invents something, and the Japanese make it 100 times better.
Japanese don't really invent anything on their own per say.
Some white chap invents something, and the Japanese make it 100 times better.
thomson
09-05-08, 09:30 PM
I believe Microsoft invented that original licensing scheme they forced on the PC manufacturers.
mrbubbles
09-05-08, 09:48 PM
True, but rarely do you get the chance to be a monopoly without first having originality...
Not true, standard acquisition and merger to control market share doesn't require originality, just enough backers (which can include the owner) to finance the proceeding. Very successful for commodity market and markets with highly elastic demands if the owner has total control over supply.
Examples.
Arcelor-Mittal.
China National Petroleum Corporation.
DeBeers.
Itera.
OPEC.
Richard Branson.
Walmart.
And of course, Microsoft.
Not true, standard acquisition and merger to control market share doesn't require originality, just enough backers (which can include the owner) to finance the proceeding. Very successful for commodity market and markets with highly elastic demands if the owner has total control over supply.
Examples.
Arcelor-Mittal.
China National Petroleum Corporation.
DeBeers.
Itera.
OPEC.
Richard Branson.
Walmart.
And of course, Microsoft.