Worries About Stealing, etc
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From: David Kaye on 8 Apr 2010 15:07 You guys...you're all getting worked up about who stole what ideas and who pirated what scripts and whatnot. Easy there. The world is full of people who steal things, or borrow them, or incorporate them, or are inspired by them. Apple tried to sue Microsoft over the Macintosh "look and feel" and then Microsoft pointed out that Apple took the Macintosh style from the Xerox Star system. Case dropped. Anybody who is truly inventive will come up with newer ideas and better implementations. They don't have to worry about the also-ran copiers because the folks who copy will always be left in the dust. So, quit your bitching already and let's get back to malware problems, okay?
From: Leythos on 8 Apr 2010 15:32 In article <hpl9if$9gv$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, sfdavidkaye2 @yahoo.com says... > > So, quit your bitching already and let's get back to malware problems, okay? > When you have something that you value, that you've created, stolen by another person and the credit changed to that person, you won't feel the same way. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Peter Foldes on 8 Apr 2010 16:06 +1 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message news:MPG.2627f94212f0ba1c98a29b(a)us.news.astraweb.com... > In article <hpl9if$9gv$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, sfdavidkaye2 > @yahoo.com says... >> >> So, quit your bitching already and let's get back to malware problems, okay? >> > > When you have something that you value, that you've created, stolen by > another person and the credit changed to that person, you won't feel the > same way. > > -- > You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little > voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. > Trust yourself. > spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: David Kaye on 8 Apr 2010 16:07 Leythos <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote: >When you have something that you value, that you've created, stolen by >another person and the credit changed to that person, you won't feel the >same way. Oh, it's happened to me. I created a list of telco area codes and prefixes, toll charges (remember those?) and a small custom database program to display them. It would work on any DOS or Windows machine. It was a simple, handy way to check on long distance charges before making phone calls. It even had a hotkey set up under DOS where you could press an F key and bring it up. Sure enough, someone stole it, put their name on it, whatever. As DOS went on and Windows got faster and long distance charges no longer made a difference, my program was quickly obsolete anyway. And that's the way it is in software. You build something and you move on. The imitators will be imitating last year's ideas. This is especially true of anti-malware programs. I mean, heck, does anybody who knows anything use Norton or McAfee anymore? Or how about Ad Aware? AAW was hot just a year ago. Now it's yesterday's news. StopZilla? Spyware Doctor? SpySweeper? Hello? You folks look like crybabies, bitching and moaning about who is stealing what from whom and who is a good anti-malware expert and who isn't. There is room enough for everyone at this table -- there is room enough for everyone who can contribute ideas that will help to head off this invasion.
From: David Kaye on 8 Apr 2010 16:13
sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: >You build something and you move on. The imitators will be >imitating last year's ideas. Here's a great example. The McDonald brotherss did not invent the hamburger. They figured out a way to mass produce them and sell them fast. McDonald's grew into a huge organization, for a long time #1 in fast food. McDonald's spends money to scout new locations. And guess what: Burger King comes along and without spending money to scout new locations, they open up down the street from the new McDonald's. So, Burger King is stealing McDonald's game plan. But remember, who is #1 and who is #2. Burger King will never be #1 because they're always following, one step behind. |