Comment Re:Also lost iPad trademark in China (Score 1) 159
Edit: Found it on wikipedia Linksys iPhone it was created by InfoGear in '98.
world renowned for having not done a damn thing worth mentioning since the SoundBlaster
Chronology of most tech companies:
-Genius Engineer develops tech
-Salesman buddy helps start company
-Product becomes sucessfull
-Salesman brings in more of his salesman/lawyer buddies to grow company
-Group of salesmen/lawyers push genius engineer to some obscure corner of the company
-Innovation slows to crawl or stops entirely
-Company floats for the next decade or two off litigation and anti-competitive licensing while salesmen/lawyers rake in $$
-Another genius engineer somewhere else develops better tech
-Company devoid of any innovation fades into obscurity
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. -- Bion