Sanity. Sanity. Hallelujah! Not an ad hominem in site!
"For the times they are ah chang......ING!" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Carrell Sent: 26 September 2005 22:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Who's Left? My impression is that there are a few continuing efforts toward commecial applications, but because of the lack of patent protection these are proceeding in secrecy and slowly. In the CF world there is no equivalent to Mills, with a published theory [correct or not], a body of patents, a series of experimental demonstrations, published papers, and substantial private funding. Pieces of this exist in the CF world, but not a coherent package with a driving strategy. The ability of Mills to sell his vision, attract investors and a substantial board of directors is not a trivial accomplishment. In the history of innovation there have been a small number of men who combine the necessary characteristics... Edison, Eastman, Land, Hewlett/Packard, Goodyear, Ford, Gates, Sarnoff, Westinghouse... One can argue about the mertis of these and others, but they were catalytic to their times and created industries. The the techies were essential but lacked other qualities: Tesla, Armstrong, Farsnworth.... Mills seems to feel that his theoretical work is complete enough to recruit partners for commercial development. The same is not true for the CF world, where the set of phenomena is still not clear or *strong* effects replicable enough to be a basis for commercial development. I hope someone can falsify the preceding sentence. Mike Carrell > > Craig Haynie > > > > >
