Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, channels the Darth Vader of Communications History, invoking RCA's domination of television starting in the 1930s as a role model for his company's future research:
But there’s a second part of the R.C.A. story that Mr. Ballmer neglected to mention. The company also owed its television dominance to a huge legal campaign against one of the prime inventors of the medium: Philo T. Farnsworth and his company. R.C.A. eventually paid royalties to Mr. Farnsworth, but the long fight enabled R.C.A. to squelch the competition. Microsoft has an experienced legal team and plenty of rivals. Perhaps Mr. Ballmer has learned more from the R.C.A. example than he’s letting on.
Philo is the ultra shiznit OG, him N and Dr. Einstien like this (cross index fingers of right hand and bobing hand above your head and show your front teeth over your bottom lip).
The only guy in 1950s to talk about traveling to other stars in a space ship with fusion power and not be crazy.
Was it natural causes or did someone in the Government have him killed?
Posted by: Frank | April 21, 2009 at 07:46 PM