To: RKV
Didn't say that innovators don't profit, I said it is rare, by comparison with the number of profitable non-innovators that dwarf them.
Examples:
Innovator = IBM (the personal computer); Millions of non-innovators make profits from that invention which are thousands of times a multiple of what IBM makes.
That dynamic is true in every industry. Few can innovate, while almost anyone can profit from the innovations of others.
33 posted on
02/24/2004 7:02:13 PM PST by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Pukin Dog
If you had some actual statistics which supported your contention I would believe you - but you don't (and won't find them because you are factually challenged). Here is a list of a few innovators - Hughes Aircraft (laser), Raytheon (microwave), Apple (OS)...
37 posted on
02/24/2004 7:10:03 PM PST by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules.)
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