The Computer in the Aegean

Re:The Computer in the Aegean by jl6 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @09:03AM (#33492735)

I don’t think the ancients were altogether different from us when it comes to protecting trade secrets. Innovations of military or economic value were kept secret to preserve an advantage, and they still are today.

I also don’t think there’s a slam dunk answer to whether innovation is spurred more by the profit motive inherent in the proprietary approach, or by the widespread enablement of the high-openness approach.

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Re:The Computer in the Aegean by smitty1e on Sunday November 06, 2022 @10:48AM (#33493820)

The historical record seems to show a great deal of knowledge being obtained, then lost.

Knowledge transfer ain't bean-bag.

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Re:The Computer in the Aegean by KineticLensman on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:01AM (#33493967)

Yes. Secrecy associated with silk manufacture is a great example [0].

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Re:The Computer in the Aegean by account-5 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:35PM (#33495054)

Unsure if you missed pasting the link, or you're being ironic...

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Re:The Computer in the Aegean by turtleyacht on Sunday November 06, 2022 @05:50PM (#33498366)

This is amazing: denote empty citations as an alernate to the terminating sarcasm tag (/s). It's probably even more explicit, and we are forced to charity by the absence of reference.

Imagine what wonders the wandering of undeclared references shall do to a mind numbly scrolling through comments; forced to pause, and brief attention focused on the fitting of a slotted thought.

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