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The figure caption is incorrect. I was present, and have a photo of the Mayor of
Mountain View dedicating the marker (visible in the corner of your photo, in the concrete)
which clearly mentions Shockley by name.
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171.64.100.112 (
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I found, but removed the facile
which pretends (but fails) to explain the geographic concentration of this industry, which is unconstrained by geography but dependent on pointy heads, to a degree unusual for traditional industries. IM-unqualified-O, the critical element was that a crucial cream of the crop of engineers and scientists, finding that MBAs and investors were unqualified to make the crucial investment and management decisions re such transformational technologies, took on those roles, and (especially as the growth rates and uncertainties were greater than is traditional in building large enterprises, and transportation of raw materials and product so minor a factor) chose to forgo the kind of wide-ranging location selection processes that major corporations tend toward, and instead thought local. But we deserve serious verification effort on this.
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Jerzy•
t 08:50, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Did ITT close it bcz they'd made a mistake in purchasing it, or bcz they'd bought the "business" just to get ownership of some technology, e.g. patents?
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Jerzy•
t 09:17, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
It seems likely that someone butchered accurate language attempting to clarify something; in any case
will be at best a trial for most readers to make any sense of. I made it read
While i'm no specialist in IP law, it is routine in commercial science and engineering for ideas developed in the course of work duties to belong to the company and for the employees to
Wouldn't be surprised if someone else could word it better.
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Jerzy•
t 03:09, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
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The figure caption is incorrect. I was present, and have a photo of the Mayor of
Mountain View dedicating the marker (visible in the corner of your photo, in the concrete)
which clearly mentions Shockley by name.
— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
171.64.100.112 (
talk) 07:13, 2 October 2006
I found, but removed the facile
which pretends (but fails) to explain the geographic concentration of this industry, which is unconstrained by geography but dependent on pointy heads, to a degree unusual for traditional industries. IM-unqualified-O, the critical element was that a crucial cream of the crop of engineers and scientists, finding that MBAs and investors were unqualified to make the crucial investment and management decisions re such transformational technologies, took on those roles, and (especially as the growth rates and uncertainties were greater than is traditional in building large enterprises, and transportation of raw materials and product so minor a factor) chose to forgo the kind of wide-ranging location selection processes that major corporations tend toward, and instead thought local. But we deserve serious verification effort on this.
--
Jerzy•
t 08:50, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Did ITT close it bcz they'd made a mistake in purchasing it, or bcz they'd bought the "business" just to get ownership of some technology, e.g. patents?
--
Jerzy•
t 09:17, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
It seems likely that someone butchered accurate language attempting to clarify something; in any case
will be at best a trial for most readers to make any sense of. I made it read
While i'm no specialist in IP law, it is routine in commercial science and engineering for ideas developed in the course of work duties to belong to the company and for the employees to
Wouldn't be surprised if someone else could word it better.
--
Jerzy•
t 03:09, 14 March 2015 (UTC)