Comments on: Norms-based IP and French Chefs http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/05/norms-based-ip-and-french-chefs.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bfeld http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/05/norms-based-ip-and-french-chefs.html/comment-page-1#comment-32639 bfeld Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:03 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1019#comment-32639 Thanks for the thoughtful and constructive feedback! Thanks for the thoughtful and constructive feedback!

]]> By: hoogoolaaaa http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/05/norms-based-ip-and-french-chefs.html/comment-page-1#comment-32631 hoogoolaaaa Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:54:27 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1019#comment-32631 this stupid information is a piece of crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this stupid information is a piece of crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Tim http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/05/norms-based-ip-and-french-chefs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2873 Tim Sat, 20 May 2006 16:09:16 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1019#comment-2873 No way. There is no sense of "community" in the corperate software field, therefore, the idea of "outcasting" does not exist. If you write something unique and I steal it, you have no social recourse against me. Customers don't care, they just want functionality at a good price. As much as we would like to say it matters, comsumers care little about a company's reputation if the quality is good enough. No way. There is no sense of “community” in the corperate software field, therefore, the idea of “outcasting” does not exist. If you write something unique and I steal it, you have no social recourse against me. Customers don’t care, they just want functionality at a good price. As much as we would like to say it matters, comsumers care little about a company’s reputation if the quality is good enough.

]]> By: Dave Jilk http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/05/norms-based-ip-and-french-chefs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2872 Dave Jilk Thu, 11 May 2006 17:27:20 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1019#comment-2872 I don't think it works in the software industry. The French Chef story works in a specific cultural environment where things change slowly, various honor codes are culturally important, etc. In the software industry, there is always another startup, another guy who doesn't have a piece of the pie and wants to get some of his own, and will blow up the rules to get what he wants. For this to work, the CUSTOMERS would have to care about these issues and, well, they don't, they just want it cheap and good. Not that I like that patent system, but an "honor code" which is essentially what you describe will not work either. I don’t think it works in the software industry. The French Chef story works in a specific cultural environment where things change slowly, various honor codes are culturally important, etc. In the software industry, there is always another startup, another guy who doesn’t have a piece of the pie and wants to get some of his own, and will blow up the rules to get what he wants. For this to work, the CUSTOMERS would have to care about these issues and, well, they don’t, they just want it cheap and good.

Not that I like that patent system, but an “honor code” which is essentially what you describe will not work either.

]]> By: Rob http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/05/norms-based-ip-and-french-chefs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2871 Rob Thu, 11 May 2006 05:02:02 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1019#comment-2871 Brad you should be sleep deprived more often, it gives you time to write great posts. So my two hints form a great family week in Paris last June, 1: check out the sewer museum, it is in the sewer 2: do the segway tour Brad you should be sleep deprived more often, it gives you time to write great posts. So my two hints form a great family week in Paris last June,
1: check out the sewer museum, it is in the sewer
2: do the segway tour

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