On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 09:24:29PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:48:10 MST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > jeremy s. anderson needs a history lesson. > > Google "sandoz"+"lsd" > > It's not about invention, it's about popularization. Both LSD and Unix > certainly received a boost in popularity via Berkeley. Where would either one > be without it?
This is West Coast centric. Harvard was the East Coast. Though it must be pointed out that the East Coast scene was much more intent upon belly button lint. As such the outgrowth of pop culture from the West Coast has had a much larger impact. > Similarly, Microsoft didn't invent the idea of vulnerable computing, they > just made it ubiquitous. (They did however invent the new meaning of > the term "innovate" ;) innovate == buy/steal/embrace-extend cool technology, biz model, or what-have-you and claim it for your own eg ms-dos gui desktop hotmail internel explorer outlook express internet wireless networking neighborhood network the word "windows" the word "word" the word "office" trusted computing [...] -- Chief Gadgeteer Elegant Innovations _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
