Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004)

Re:Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004) by madeofpalk on Sunday February 05, 2017 @06:41AM (#13571921)

I look at plenty of companies that make billions of dollars yet benefits very few.

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Re:Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004) by mdpopescu on Sunday February 05, 2017 @07:02AM (#13572004)

Do you have any examples where they did that purely on the market, without benefiting from regulatory capture?

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Re:Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004) by madeofpalk on Sunday February 05, 2017 @03:13PM (#13574332)

Typical 'vice' companies? Gambling and cigarettes, oil? 'Big Pharma'? Does heath insurance count as 'regulatory capture'?

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Re:Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004) by mdpopescu on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:48AM (#13577678)

Gambling and cigarettes - lots of satisfied customers.

Big pharma - regulatory capture. Health insurance - mostly regulatory capture in the US.

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