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Re:The case for copying business ideas by dredmorbius on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @01:07PM (#17500044)
Or of the United States in the early 19th century. The 1851 Crystal Palace exposition was quite a shock.
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Re:The case for copying business ideas by sho on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @10:26PM (#17503988)
Care to expand on that? Why was the 1851 Expo a shock?
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Re:The case for copying business ideas by dredmorbius on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @11:51PM (#17504356)
Because the US was considered a backwater at the time by Europe, Britain particularly.

Merrit Roe Smith, STS.050, MIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fw92I_zpmRU

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