alt Hacker NewsCorrect. 5 years is long enough to kill off inferior standards and let superior ones blossom.
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mrheosuper • today at 2:50 AM
if it's inferior, why does it matter if it's 5 years or 25 years ?
Correct. 5 years is long enough to kill off inferior standards and let superior ones blossom.
if it's inferior, why does it matter if it's 5 years or 25 years ?
Why do you think it always only takes 5 years to develop some superior technology? 5 years seems like a short enough time frame that a company would rather just wait out the patent than invest heavily in R&D in the off chance they come up with a viable alternative (that now of course THEY can only protect for 5 years)