[lbo-talk] IT innovation and "the Markets"

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Fri Mar 6 19:27:07 PST 2009


On Mar 6, 2009, at 4:15 PM, John Thornton wrote:


> The Soviets must have liked the pen better than their grease
> pencils because they began using the Fisher pen right away but they
> were charged something like $6 each for them while NASA was charge $3.

It's a good story to carry the list through the weekend - the market for pens that write in zero gravity. I wish I hadn't so clearly misunderstood W's intent (in providing the anecdote).

martin



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