[huskerlug] Re: Thoughts on the Wright Brothers and Desktops

        Sorry at least on the Wright bros.  I have to disagree.   I even heard
on Paul Harvey today, that a fellow tried to recreate the first Wright 
bros. fiight.  He failed.  He forgot about one thing.  The Wrights 
made sure they had a launch site that would give a 25 mph head wind!
        The Wrights had many unique ideas, and they had to fight people who
tried to infringe on their patents.
        The "B" language the precessor to "C" was created by one or two
guys, who more or less turned it out free to the world, if memory 
servers.  Sometimes stuff put together by committee, looks just like 
that.
        Hmmm, even Linux isn't perfect!   ---Jim




On Monday 22 September 2003 16:49, you wrote:
> The only problem with all this speculation about the
> invention of the aeroplane being solely in the hands
> of a couple of bicycle mechanics is that the proof
> lies in the hands of the curators of the Smithsonian
> Museum, in exchange for getting the entire works, of
> the family, to not be disclosed until 100 years after
> the death of the currently surviving members...
>
> Orville and Wilbur bought the aeroplane from a
> successful inventor/farmer, in Ohio... who had made
> many witnessed successful flights...
>
> Moreover, there were many successful flights around
> the world at the same time...
>
> So, many of hte Western nations accept the successful,
> documented flights of Orville and Wilbur, as
> REPRESENTATIVE of all the famous, and also the
> unknown, pioneers of flight.
>
> Let us never lose sight of the facts that many
> technically competent inventors light upon the same
> breakthrough in a short time frame, because most
> inventions happen for those who strive, and, in an
> environment of leading edge experimentation, the
> invention is only something whose time has come.
>
> Whoever has the most money, to purchase the biggest
> press release, or is able to afford the court battle,
> gets the accolades!
>
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