RE: Extro-biz

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Wed Jun 04 2003 - 17:54:12 MDT

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    > 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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