From: kev@well.sf.ca.us (Kevin Michael Rardin)
Subject: Re: CULTURE: Jaron, still the favorite of the press?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 20:03:44 GMT
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link



I'm depressed that we live in a world (a real world) that'd let somebody
screw up that badly! He put his =patents= up as collateral against the
French company's loans. There should be a law against that. You shouldn't be
able to put up your intellectual property as collateral (maybe the proceeds
from such but not the actual patents and copyrights themselves!). I just
hope Jaron paid himself a good whopping executive's salary the last year he
ran VPL. He's a goofy guy and probably shouldn't try to run another company
but he also created an industry with his vision and nearly made it a
practical reality with his inventions.

I suggest everyone track down and read this article in BusinessWeek. Fabled
cautionary tale about how business and vision collide (all too often!).