Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
by ci5er on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @02:54PM
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As a USian, when I lived in Japan (working in semiconductor) from the mid-80s to the mid 90s, people always seemed to make this copying claim.
My response was-
1) Copying an ISA is not copying architecture
2) JP was innovating in manufacturing, not ISAs, which is why they got 95% yield, not 65.
3) Yes - they weren't great systems software guys, and
4) Have you seen Nintendo's games? Clearly they can create and innovate and program.
The trope irritated me, but it seems to be a psychological defense move whenever an emerging contender challenges an incumbent (got to get the base features first == copying)
My response was- 1) Copying an ISA is not copying architecture 2) JP was innovating in manufacturing, not ISAs, which is why they got 95% yield, not 65. 3) Yes - they weren't great systems software guys, and 4) Have you seen Nintendo's games? Clearly they can create and innovate and program.
The trope irritated me, but it seems to be a psychological defense move whenever an emerging contender challenges an incumbent (got to get the base features first == copying)