Comment Answer Yes, sort of (Score 0) 114
I'm going to get modded down for this, but so what;
Basically yes, large companies will crush small companies with new ideas with whatever means they can. Either interupting the supply chain or by interferring with their customer base. The idea being to demolish the capital behind the company, reduce its value, and then buy up the remains when it's done. Particularly, if its a competitor which introduces competitive pricing which will drive down the companies margins.
This sort of behaviour is precisely what the patent system is meant to stop; if what the small company is doing is innovative it give them a gov't monopoly for upto 20 years to get big enough to stop the big company from crushing it.
But big companies have convinced the world that patents are evil; and thus their effectiveness are being destroyed through FUD. So now what you have (or are going to have) is large companies which can move unabated by gov't to exploit and destroy smaller companies if it suits their margins.
Basically yes, large companies will crush small companies with new ideas with whatever means they can. Either interupting the supply chain or by interferring with their customer base. The idea being to demolish the capital behind the company, reduce its value, and then buy up the remains when it's done. Particularly, if its a competitor which introduces competitive pricing which will drive down the companies margins.
This sort of behaviour is precisely what the patent system is meant to stop; if what the small company is doing is innovative it give them a gov't monopoly for upto 20 years to get big enough to stop the big company from crushing it.
But big companies have convinced the world that patents are evil; and thus their effectiveness are being destroyed through FUD. So now what you have (or are going to have) is large companies which can move unabated by gov't to exploit and destroy smaller companies if it suits their margins.
