Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3263 comp.misc:12735 comp.dcom.modems:10063 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!sialis!orbit!pnet51!kurt From: kurt@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kurt Sletterdahl) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.misc,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Invention vs Refinement Message-ID: <5014@orbit.cts.com> Date: 28 May 91 17:45:01 GMT Article-I.D.: orbit.5014 Sender: news@orbit.cts.com Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN. Lines: 9 Yes, current products should be refined, but that alone is grossly insufficient for the maintainence of international competativeness. Invention, and the ability to develop an invention into a marketable product, are what brings the quantum leaps forward that are manditory for international competitiveness. UUCP: {amdahl!bungia, uunet!rosevax, crash}!orbit!pnet51!kurt ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!kurt@nosc.mil INET: kurt@pnet51.orb.mn.org