Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation

Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by realityking on Sunday September 13, 2020 @08:25AM (#24460381)

Interesting that you picked two examples where the innovation wasn’t commercialized and the innovator did not become rich. I suspect there‘s some cultural aspect to that.

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by nicoburns on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:50AM (#24460837)

IMO this is a big difference: I'd actually feel quit bad about becoming rich off th back oef a technology or innovation that I could have made more open and widely available.

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by srtjstjsj on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:24PM (#24462425)

Would you say Windows is not widely available?

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by SSLy on Sunday September 13, 2020 @12:56PM (#24462173)

Uhm, Linus makes seven figures.

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by srtjstjsj on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:21PM (#24462408)

And his nearest peers made 10 figures.

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