On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 20:53 -0700, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: [ . . . ] > > Fortunately, in the tech scene, you can't just throw money at a > problem and end up with the best product. Due to something, presumably > bureaucracy or an unwillingness to take risks, large companies often > just get it wrong, and that's where small companies flourish. Name me > a single example where a small company is surviving (or better yet, > thriving) only because a patent is stopping bigcorp from cloning them.
Except large companies that handle innovation via an internal start-up structure, aka skunkworks. Actually this is more usual in more medium-sized companies where the bureaucratic structure can be circumvented more easily whilst still reporting in high enough up the chain -- i.e. to the board of directors. > -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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