12-03-2008, 07:41 PM
JoeH wrote:
I personally do not care if it is repackaged existing tech, apparently it matters to davester. But it is not innovative in the big "I" type of innovative that is likely to create or greatly (or even more than slightly) change a market.
What? You're the one who brought it up, so now you don't care about it? It is not that significant an issue to me, I simply responded to what I thought was an inaccurate statement. Now you're talking about "innovative in the big "I" type of innovative", which wasn't the topic at all. As to whether it is "repackaged existing tech", that all depends on what the meaning of "is" is. So what if Tesla licensed some of AC Propulsion's patents. Tesla has done a huge amount of research and development, and as a result their components are significantly different and incorporate advances that do not appear in AC Propulsion products. In your book, perhaps that is repackaging, in my book it's a lot more than that.