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Re:Bill Gates' mysterious new company by abstractbill on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @05:59PM (#340629)
Has this ever worked? I'm not being facetious - I just can't think of any good examples where one "idea person" has dumped ideas on a bunch of smart people and good things have come out of it.
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Re:Bill Gates' mysterious new company by antiform on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @07:06PM (#340703)
Nathan Myhrvold and Intellectual Ventures? Not sure if that's quite what you're looking for, but it's the first thing that came to mind. It's not exactly "good" in a "for mankind" kind of sense, but apparently it makes boatloads of money.
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Re:Bill Gates' mysterious new company by davidw on Thursday October 23, 2008 @06:48AM (#341063)
I'd be curious to hear how things are developed at Apple. For instance, is Jobs an idea guy or more of a gatekeeper ("this sucks, do it better")?
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Re:Bill Gates' mysterious new company by mwerty on Thursday October 23, 2008 @04:28PM (#341651)
The lightbulb I think.
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