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An Economist Shows How Imitation Can Sometimes Beat Innovation

7 pointsby ASquareover 10 years ago

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thebearover 10 years ago
In this context, it's interesting to look at the history of the label "Made in Germany." It was mandated by the British in 1887 to distinguish true British products from cheap imitations of inferior quality, the latter coming mostly from Germany. And now look what happened. Could it be that the Samwer brothers are the vanguard of a golden age of German software products?