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Old 01-11-2008, 06:14 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Though sad for those involved, this could eventually be a good news story. It's often not the ground-breaker who reaps the rewards (Tesla himself is proof of that) but many of these resources will staff other similar ventures and bring with them more knowledge.
That's been my experience. The first-pass failure allows someone else to pick up the pieces on the cheap and make some money off of it. The same thing happens inside corporations. A new project fails and is reborn using the skill base that it creates.

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