A more optimistic takeaway is that if you set out to solve a hard problem then you might be surprised about your tech's applications elsewhere. Between 1983 and

A more optimistic takeaway is that if you set out to solve a hard problem then you might be surprised about your tech's applications elsewhere. Between 1983 and 1989 they built a company that they went on to sell for ~25 million, or ~64 million in 2024 dollars. I don't know how much went into it but it doesn't sound like an obvious failure. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60130710.html?dids=60130710:60130710&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+13,+1990&author=MICHAEL+SCHRAGE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Making+Money+With+New+Kinds+of+Media&pqatl=google http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60130710.html?did...