From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Wed Jun 04 2003 - 17:54:12 MDT
> Emlyn writes:
>
> > I have noticed that the ideas that *need* secrecy are limited
> > in potential.
>
> I can't agree with this as a generalisation. Patentability may
> depend on non-disclosure prior to getting the patent. And
> in 2003, (regardless of whether one likes it or not) some
> commercial projects require patents/IP in order to raise the
> funding to make them happen. Good people don't work
> for nothing for long.
You are absolutely right about this. F*cking patents man. Blah.
>
> > Once they are out of the box, first mover advantage can
> > be strong enough, or it can fail to work for various reasons,
> > but the big boys catch up with you eventually.
>
> *Sometimes* "first mover" is great. *Sometimes* the first
> mover just bleeds on the trail rather than blazing the trail and
> the "second but betterers", watch, learn, cut costs and pick
> up your pieces. Its horses for courses. Imho ;-).
>
> - Brett Paatsch
Yes, that's what I was eluding to. I think that bleeding on the trail (nice
metaphor) is more common.
Emlyn
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