At this point, plenty of companies are recognizing that it’s just too expensive to actually innovate. If you do something well, you’re only going to get sued by someone else who hasn’t been able to innovate as well as you. The patent system is functioning in exactly the opposite manner from its constitutional purpose. It’s not promoting the progress, it’s hindering it by making sure that “progress” has a toll booth attached to it.
Techdirt on Patents
20 August 2008
31 July 2008
Google was a game changer 6 years ago, but that is an eternity in web-years. They’re looking more and more like Microsoft or General Motors when it comes to fresh innovation and execution. It’s like they’re trying to confuse.
Voltageblog on Google
22 July 2008
Innovation, as a word, a concept, or an agenda, is entirely overrated. It’s a vague, subjective term that distracts from what you’re really trying to do: enjoy your life. Or in the case of a business: profit by making good things.
Discussion Leader on Innovation