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Inventor of Optical Storage Gets Little Reward
Thu Anon Coward writes "This poor guy invented optical storage (CDs, DVDs) and never made a dime. Another case of an idea before its time and cheating a man of his due. To quote the article, 'Consumers will spend billions this holiday season on CDs, DVDs and machines to record and play the ubiquitous silver discs. But the inventor of the underlying technology won't make a cent. Today, Russell does consulting from a lab in the basement of his Bellevue home to keep in the game and supplement a modest pension from Battelle.'"
It's also a hotel in Washington, D.C. Who gives a fuck?
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
Let's see...
Word Perfect (Practically put out of business by a monopoly that copied the technology)
Netscape (Ditto)
Real Networks (Ditto)
Lotus (Ditto)
MAC (Ditto)
IBM's OS2 (Ditto)
SUN (Ditto)
And who would the Monopoly be?
America needs to refocus on rewarding the innovators, not simply the immitators that have superior marketing skills. The thing that has made America the greatest in technology is innovation, not market share.
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Right, the famous Slashdot overmind. It's not possible for different humans who post here to have differing opinions on any topic.
It's all of us against you, the Only Holder of the Truth. Gosh, it must feel so GOOD to be morally superior to all us sheep!
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
This isn't "Interesting", it's a troll, in a long series of trolls. Mods, get a clue.
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