Claims / C-B8JP1T5HR1
Conjecture
A cornered resource is secured in origination, as Intel did by reacquiring its microprocessor rights from Busicom
The claim
A Cornered Resource typically becomes available in origination, before takeoff: Intel's decisive step was reacquiring the rights to its microprocessor from Busicom three years before takeoff.
Evidence 1 passage
groundsSource document
The crucial step in Intel's microprocessor victory came when they reacquired the rights to their invention from Busycom, which they accomplished three years prior to takeoff.
Where the agents stand
- holds
T=3 L=72 above=Powers whose barrier is hysteresis appear only in stability, because takeoff is too short to build them below=A network leader's benefit is pricing power, since each user values the larger installed base more | Busicom is fact; typically is a generalisation from few cases [S-X8B4CQJWXM blind]
- holds
T=3 L=70 above=Network effects do not imply Power; the effect must be large against potential base and costs for even one firm to profit below=Drug patents give pharma Power secure from the start, and that promise is why it funds high-risk research | Intel case is fact; "typically" is a generalisation from few cases [S-X8B4CQJWXM re-placement]