> On Jan 15, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> wrote: > > On 1/14/2016 3:55 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: >> But, when you have almost infinitely deep pockets, like >> Google, you don't need to create *everything* yourself, no, >> you simply wait for someone else to build it, then wait a >> little longer for them to market it successfully, and when >> it's juuuusssst starting to turn a profit, you swoop in, >> purchase it, and then you drive that "money train" at full >> speed until its wheels fall off! >> >> And if the owners refuse to sell, no problem, you offer >> their customers the same services at bargain basement >> discounts -- then they'll have no choice but to sell, or >> face bankruptcy. Yep, just another tactic of economic >> warfare. > > Hmm, sounds like they're stealing plays from Micro$oft. > > Emile >
What Micro$oft was actually sued for was worse. They would approach a small company: “We like your product/technology, we think we are interested in buying you out, but we want to see your code to be sure it is modular/well-documented/etc.” Then, after looking over the code: “Well, it actually doesn’t fit our plans. Sorry.” Six months or so later, essentially identical stuff would turn up in a Micro$soft product. -Bill -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
