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The Myth of the Lone Inventor

Posted by chrisd on from the inventions-not-ideas dept.

Codex The Sloth writes "Malcolm Gladwell (who amongst other things, wrote "The Tipping Point") has written an article for the New Yorker claiming that the role of the lone inventor is over. The example of Philo T. Fransworth (the "inventor" of Television) who failed because (amongst other reasons) he didn't have the big resources of a company to allow him to focus on his innovations. The thesis is that it is rare to have a single innovation that makes a product workable and that getting all of the inovations together requires a (large) corporation. No doubt others feel different."

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  1. Re:fist sport by Butt+Spelunker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I cram your post into your ass, you ass munching, anal cavity spelunking ninkumpoop.

  2. Why is VA Software trying to suppress the truth? by hettb · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I wonder why no VA site (including Slashdot and Newsforge) has posted the news of:

    ESR's Removal from the VA Software Board of Directors!

    In fact, that article on Linux Today is the only one you'll be able to find on the entire WWW.

    ESR'S HOMEPAGE DOES CONFIRM THE STORY, THOUGH.

    No more " [representation of] the interests and values of the open-source community [at VA Software -- owners of OSDN and Slashdot]" then, I guess!

    Oh, and for further information about VA Software's demise, you may want to read this email.