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31-03-2015, 09:58 AM
The cost of making everything in secret is getting too high to bear...
Sharing secrets is now part of the business plan
NEW YORK — Facebook last week showed plans for drone aircraft that beam lasers of high-speed data to remote parts of the world. As powerful as that sounds, the firm already has something that could be even more potent: A huge sharing of its once-proprietary information, the kind of thing that would bring a traditional Silicon Valley patent lawyer to tears.
Facebook is not alone. Technology for big computers, electric cars and high-technology microcontrollers to operate things such as power tools and engines is now given away. These ideas used to be valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. To the new generation of technologists, however, moving projects and data fast overrides the value of making everything in secret.
“You now don’t need a lot of people or a lot of capital to manufacture a prototype. The entire world is going to accelerate its technology development,” said Mr Jay Parikh, vice-president for connectivity at Facebook.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/sharing-...iness-plan
Sharing secrets is now part of the business plan
NEW YORK — Facebook last week showed plans for drone aircraft that beam lasers of high-speed data to remote parts of the world. As powerful as that sounds, the firm already has something that could be even more potent: A huge sharing of its once-proprietary information, the kind of thing that would bring a traditional Silicon Valley patent lawyer to tears.
Facebook is not alone. Technology for big computers, electric cars and high-technology microcontrollers to operate things such as power tools and engines is now given away. These ideas used to be valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. To the new generation of technologists, however, moving projects and data fast overrides the value of making everything in secret.
“You now don’t need a lot of people or a lot of capital to manufacture a prototype. The entire world is going to accelerate its technology development,” said Mr Jay Parikh, vice-president for connectivity at Facebook.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/sharing-...iness-plan
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