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Originally Posted by teh603
Never thought about licensing it?
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That's what the second part of the paragraph was about.
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IMO, just making patents to sell is kinda like starting a company whose only goal is to be bought out by a bigger company. ... Kinda degrades the entrepreneurial spirit, doesn't it? Believing that the best overall outcome is to be consumed by a growing megacorp?
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In a lot of respects, I agree with you. On the other hand, you have to consider how the marketplace, businesses, and the legal system works. This is particularly true if you're developing consumer products. For example: how do you get your product into retail channels? How do you manage the growth of a small business into a potentially large business? When the blood-suckers come, do you have enough money to hire lawyers?
Companies that do only business to business transactions or serve regional markets are quite different, but that's not quite what we're talking about here with Amazon and all. But if we took Amazon out of the picture, would there be as much money to make on ereaders? I somehow find that doubtful, and would think that eink devices would be limited to industrial applications.