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Re: New book claims Bell stole key telephone idea #492298 02/07/08 03:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,033 Columbus, Ohio MacOSX Moderator-Toshiba
MacOSX Moderator-Toshiba Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,033 Columbus, Ohio	Quote Originally posted by Lightninghorse: Question. Did the 'thing' that goes DING-DONG or RING get its name from Alex or were they called 'BELLS' BA? (Before Alex) Were they called 'gongs' first, or maybe 'damn noise', or 'ding-dongs'? Again, too much time on my hands! John C. (Not Garand) ^^^ :toothy: - Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

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Re: New book claims Bell stole key telephone idea #492299 02/07/08 04:19 PM
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dagwoodsystems Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,951 Likes: 2 Sioux Falls	Isn't this one of eight million stories like: 1. Oreo clearly stealing the cookie design from Hydrox (followed by a marketing campaign that attacked the "chemical" name of Hydrox. 2. Betamax beaten by out by a clearly inferior VHS product (it's all about who you grease, and who gets behind you.) 3a. Bill Gates' DOS--clearly stealing code from Gary Kildall's CP/M...the final straw in putting Digital Equipment out of business. Mr. Kildall also invented the first computer with a BIOS, an idea that was later incorporated into IBM machines without proper credit. 3b. Bill Gates' Windows--clearly stealing the "look and feel" of the Apple and Xerox GUI interface. 3c. Bill Gates' defrag--clearly stealing raw code from Peter Norton (OK...enough about evil Bill. He's a philanthropist, now that he can afford to be.) 4. Thomas Edison, who clearly stole a large number of "his" ideas from fellow inventors (and then used corrupt friends and muscle to clear a path for himself). In particular, read up on Edison's theft, duplication and profitable exibition of Georges MÃƒÂ©liÃƒÂ¨s "A Trip To The Moon" (1903). Georges MÃƒÂ©liÃƒÂ¨s never saw a cent from these exibitions. 5. How about all the companies that have "borrowed" the [stereotypically dyslexic] letter R from Toys R Us? Tools R Us, Closets R Us, Phones R Us, etc. Did you know that there is even a "Stumps R Us" amputee website? I'm not kidding! See https://www.stumps.org/. 6. Bill Watterston gave up writing the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" because of all the illegitimate merchandise that flourished in a buying market that didn't care. Mr. Watterston couldn't hold a candle to the hundreds of lawyers that sat between him and the clan that created window sticker versions of Calvin urinating on a Ford or Chevy logo (among many other unauthorized expressions of his work). Life was too short, so Bill quit the fight. Boy could I go on.... And PLEASE don't get me started about what Cisco Systems has stolen from lesser funded companies. I'm not an anti-compete guy; I just feel that you can still make it to the top without that kind of morality. [Edited to soften my knee-jerk anger] "Press play and record at the same time" -- Tim Alberstein