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Re: Slade's Law of Computer History
From: "Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:25:58 -0700
Because they're trying to differentiate their markets. No self-respecting Feminist from the Twin Cities buys their books NEW! Seriously, Amazon has been the poster child for how the completely unimaginative have managed to profit from taking the obvious/other people's ideas and applying large amounts of capital to it. Examples: McDonalds: (Ray Kroc made money copying someone else's business idea). Dell: As if there were no build to order computer stores around, in just about every town, at the time. <insert chain restaurant pretending to be ethnic here> Every mutual fund and 401K company except for Fidelity and Vanguard Every big box store except for Wal-Mart. And... Amazon, who based their company on Wal-Mart's IP. http://news.cnet.com/Wal-Mart-sues-Amazon,-others/2100-1001_3-216812.htm l No wonder Bezos files patents on everything. He knows how weak other protections of a company's crown jewels are.
-----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:25 AM To: rMslade () shaw ca Cc: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Slade's Law of Computer History Nothing surprises me about Bezos and friends. "Battle of the Amazons" Why are Jeff Bezos' lawyers asking sexual-orientation questions about the ladies who run a bookstore in Minneapolis? http://www.salon.com/technology/log/1999/10/28/amazon On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:Those who fail to learn the lessons of computer history are doomed
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- Slade's Law of Computer History Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Jun 26)
- Re: Slade's Law of Computer History Jeffrey Walton (Jun 27)
- Re: Slade's Law of Computer History Tomas L. Byrnes (Jun 30)
- Re: Slade's Law of Computer History Jeffrey Walton (Jun 27)