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Creating a fad-free gadget

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Businesses + Lobbyists + Politicians = This will never work! The only things that will allow this to work are: 1. Standards. 2. Regulation. There are some standards, e.g. USB, where there is significant consumer demand. However to have the whole device upgradable you will run into the business lobbyists. In order for there not to be a monopoly, there would have to be a standard. In order for it to be used by everyone it would need to be regulated. This would then need to be applied world wide to be effective. The businesses will play the 'stifles innovation' card and that will be the end of it.

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16 Jul 2012

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8:55 am

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