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Originally Posted by Double  Yes probably some people will have less profits, since we remove their monopoly. But how is this a bad thing? |
I was referring to the inventors getting less, not the company.
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Originally Posted by Double I believe the inventor if he decides to go to a given company will be recieved with open arms and a get a hearty welcome. No company is going to pass on such know how.
Their evil intention of turning him down and trying to come up with a resemblence of his creation is going to backlash. First of all they will have to spend oodles of time and money on their own engineers to come up with it, and second of all they risk the competition simply hiring the inventionee and getting the advantage. |
I wish the world was as nice as you think it is. Many people are ruthless and greedy. A company might have good intentions, but not all its employees will share them.
A couple years ago I never would have believed you if you told me that a bunch of CEOs of companies, upon learning that a few product types are terrible deals for the company would not just stop acquiring them, they would instead greatly increase the rate that they did. Why? it would help them achieve a bonus, never mind that it would cause devastation to the rest of the company, not to mention society as a whole.
Society has lots of these types of people. If someone would be willing to steal a product from someone they likely won't care what impact it could have on the company.
Inventors don't just go to companies with new products, many require additional funding so they go to different investors for capital. For some of these people it can be easier to get away with stealing a product.