[Fresh Wind]

Sarnoff was a real bastard. He also did a job on Edwin Armstrong, the inventor of FM, and a number of other extremely important concepts that underly every aspect of wireless technology today. Armstrong eventually committed suicide after years of battling Sarnoff's lawyers. He should have died a rich man, instead he died a pauper.

[gcruse]

"Sarnoff was a real bastard."

He was a real survivor, too.

Sarnoff started as commercial manager at RCA (same as his final post at Marconi) and continued his rise through the ranks. He had the prescience to sell all his stock in June 1929, while RCA chairman Owen D. Young lost millions in the crash of October 1929. Sarnoff went on to head RCA.

[ABN 505]

"Sarnoff was a real bastard. He also did a job on Edwin Armstrong, the inventor of FM, and a number of other extremely important concepts that underly every aspect of wireless technology today. Armstrong eventually committed suicide after years of battling Sarnoff's lawyers. He should have died a rich man, instead he died a pauper." I would recommend "Empire Of The Air" a facinating book about Sarnoff,Armstrong,Telsa,Farnsworth and all the pioneers of the electronic medium. It reads like a novel but it's all true!