[net.physics] To Ken Arndt re Tesla/edison

keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (03/05/85)

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>My old grandmother used to work in Edison's lab long ago and she always 
>said that the best invention Edison ever came up with was the agreement
>he made his workers sign that anything they developed was his!

Just goes to show how Edison was a better businessman and marketeer
than Tesla (among other things).  I wonder if he's (Edison) responsible
for the fact that most companies have you sign some sort of techincal
'waiver' or exclusive contract when they hire you on.

>Ken Arndt

>PS Get the Tesla Soc. address??

Sure did!  Thanks.

Keith Doyle
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