Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact

Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by gamblor956 on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:25PM (#17853707)

Offtopic: a grid of square icons, fancy animations and double touch is a lot easier than copying Waymo

You just described Palm, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile...all of which Apple was copying. The iPhone was evolutionary, but not revolutionary by any means.

Back on topic: It's more about letting the first mover spend the money on figuring out the business plan. The second mover can then jump in with a more efficient business model based on the lessons learned from the first mover.

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Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by jaxn on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:51AM (#17856601)

Only as evolutionary as adding autonomous driving to a car with cruise control.

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Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by erikpukinskis on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:43AM (#17856573)

The revolution was that it was the first finger operated computer.

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Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by smolder on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @09:32AM (#17858628)

You mean all this time people have been pressing keys with their noses?

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