Replies to post #28338 on Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc. (fka RCPIQ)

[leifsmith]

The ancient argument: "If it's so great why didn't someone ..."

Remarkable how often, and for how long, someone didn't ... until someone did.

Example: "My Years With Xerox: the Billions Nobody Wanted," by John H. Dessauer (a book with a ***** rating on Amazon).

http://history.computer.org/pioneers/dessauer.html

"Finally, in 1959, almost 14 years and $75 million after Dessauer first looked at Carlson's process, Haloid Xerox Inc., as it had now become, offered the revolutionary 914 copier..." — a long path to success.

Rocky Mountain Overthrust Belt drilled for 50 years fruitlessly before first over 500,000,000 Bbl oil field found (Anschutz).

Fifty years of "If it's so great ..."