On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Tim May wrote:
The 2-4 year payback cycle in the electronics industry, from roughly
1955 to the present, was terribly important. Each generation of
technology paid for the next generation, and costly mistakes resulted
in companies ceasing to exist (Shockley Transistor,
Tim writes:
There is no way to control fundamental breakthroughs, whether PV
conversion or caburetors that violate the laws of physics!. Any of
the above non-oil companies (and one can add Texas Instruments and
others to the list) which develops a more efficient, cheaper to
manufacture
