I've talked to several people who have run into their own patents being rewritten in Chinese and patented in China by someone in China. Its amazing what they are allowing, simple google searches would reveal the patent is a copy and yet, seemingly totally legal. I wonder how many of this rise in patents is due to this policy/process/scam? However, as one of my language professors once said, translations are often creative.
I understand your point, but are you then saying that Microsoft has highest market share because it is the best? Or because they have a good product, made some early inroads, and then shut out everyone else through various legal, and illegal tactics?
-Robin
I agree with this post. I liken search engines to super markets who make a ton of money from charging PepsiCo for prime "shelf space" Essentially, this is what google and yahoo are doing. They are setting up prime "shelf space", ie that top of the list on the right hand side. They are setting up payment mechanisms (a super market check out stand), which of course they will take a small portion of.
When I need to find stuff, I use google, sometimes those adds on the right help me. Just like when I want my favorite tortilla chips, I go to safeway. However, one promise of the 'Net was that creators of goods wouldn't have to go through a middle guy to sell goods. They could sell directly to the customer, and not have profit skimmed off the top. Imagine a world in which you couldn't find the product you were looking for unless you paid google for "compute time" . What you say, pay google for search? You pretty much are going to HAVE to go through a search engine to find stuff, and suppliers are going to HAVE to "register" in order for you to find them. It could happen, look at people who pay for CableTV and still have to watch commercials.....
In short, we have to be aware at the power search companies hold, even the ones that "Don't be Evil"
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Totally agree!
That way the client can open up the app that created it or something else that can
I've talked to several people who have run into their own patents being rewritten in Chinese and patented in China by someone in China. Its amazing what they are allowing, simple google searches would reveal the patent is a copy and yet, seemingly totally legal. I wonder how many of this rise in patents is due to this policy/process/scam? However, as one of my language professors once said, translations are often creative.
I understand your point, but are you then saying that Microsoft has highest market share because it is the best? Or because they have a good product, made some early inroads, and then shut out everyone else through various legal, and illegal tactics? -Robin
I agree with this post. I liken search engines to super markets who make a ton of money from charging PepsiCo for prime "shelf space" Essentially, this is what google and yahoo are doing. They are setting up prime "shelf space", ie that top of the list on the right hand side. They are setting up payment mechanisms (a super market check out stand), which of course they will take a small portion of. When I need to find stuff, I use google, sometimes those adds on the right help me. Just like when I want my favorite tortilla chips, I go to safeway. However, one promise of the 'Net was that creators of goods wouldn't have to go through a middle guy to sell goods. They could sell directly to the customer, and not have profit skimmed off the top. Imagine a world in which you couldn't find the product you were looking for unless you paid google for "compute time" . What you say, pay google for search? You pretty much are going to HAVE to go through a search engine to find stuff, and suppliers are going to HAVE to "register" in order for you to find them. It could happen, look at people who pay for CableTV and still have to watch commercials..... In short, we have to be aware at the power search companies hold, even the ones that "Don't be Evil"