>>While a Metrologist, I worked at Ampex Corporation. They had about 20,000 employees and owned property all around the world. We produced the worlds first commercial audio tape recorder, invented the video recorder, instant reply
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>As in "one click and the message has been replied to" :) ?
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>>Thus an innovate American Company was sold to an Englishman for his pleasure and enjoyment.
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>Had I invented capitalism, I would feel ashamed for this flaw in the system. If it will comfort you, I've seen inventive people being screwed by society in socialism as well. As one said "we would again let Tesla leave".

It is said that innovation is different from invention, and that companies like Ampex were inventors and companies like Sony were innovators. It is one thing to invent videotape and another to innovate new ways to align the head and tape to fit it in a smaller box.