What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#1

Post by focuser » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 5:32 PM UTC

What the ..., Google stole my ideas?
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Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#2

Post by lukeman » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC

They "stole" visual diff and project templates? Maybe you should have tried to patent those innovations.

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#3

Post by wheaties » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

I think the best lesson here is that if you don't have some amount of traction or cash pile to back yourself up, don't share unpatentable ideas with someone who's legal army outnumbers you.

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#4

Post by buss » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:00 PM UTC

This is a troll, right?

Google stole a template wizard and diff tool? From whom -- Microsoft circa Office 97?

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#5

Post by adventureful » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:00 PM UTC

Given ideas have approximately zero value, they didn't make off with much.

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#6

Post by barista » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:02 PM UTC

Google has proved time and again that it has no regard for IP and Copyright. So nothing of surprise here. It's the new 800 pound gorilla so the only recourse I guess is to publicize it and have them acknowledge it.

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#7

Post by unreal37 » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:03 PM UTC

Unlikely that Google didn't even have a clue about adding a template wizard to ADT in early April, and had the feature added by early May. They can't move that fast to add features.

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#8

Post by antiterra » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:03 PM UTC

Good ideas are not rare or inherently valuable. It's like giving someone a phone number and then being annoyed they didn't let you dial it for them for a fee or authorial credit.

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#9

Post by useflyer » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:08 PM UTC

Please stop trolling Hacker News. If this isn't trolling, please discard your misconceptions of entrepreneurship circa a dark 1995 basement

Re: What the ..., Google stole my ideas?

#10

Post by yen223 » Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 6:15 PM UTC

unreal37 wrote: post #7

Unlikely that Google didn't even have a clue about adding a template wizard to ADT in early April, and had the feature added by early May. They can't move that fast to add features.

Templates wizards aren't exactly a new thing...