What is your "I could have been rich" story? TheImpressiveX ( @TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 24 days ago message-square46fedilinkarrow-up149
arrow-up149message-squareWhat is your "I could have been rich" story? TheImpressiveX ( @TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 24 days ago message-square46fedilink
minus-square technopagan ( @technopagan@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink19•edit-223 days agoDecided to OpenSource instead of Software Patent (as my employer was urging me). Nowadays, that technique is used in every decent Image CDN + compression tool. Still proud to see it everywhere. Maybe it wouldn’t have made it if had been patented.
minus-square Hadriscus ( @Hadriscus@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink17•23 days agoYou contributed something for the common good. You can be proud of your decision
minus-square TheImpressiveX ( @TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ) OPlinkfedilink6•23 days agoYou may not have gotten rich, but at least you can say on your resume that your technique is in every decent CDN + compression tool!
Decided to OpenSource instead of Software Patent (as my employer was urging me). Nowadays, that technique is used in every decent Image CDN + compression tool. Still proud to see it everywhere. Maybe it wouldn’t have made it if had been patented.
You contributed something for the common good. You can be proud of your decision
You may not have gotten rich, but at least you can say on your resume that your technique is in every decent CDN + compression tool!