Ever notice how that happens, these rash of things? I think it's a result of two things. One is that ideas have a birthpoint, where the technology becomes simple enough to do something like this. Another is that someone hears about the idea, and writes their own. It's not necessarily a re-invention, so much as a parallel invention.

There are a number of examples of this through out history. Edison won the lightbulb patent (I think it was this one), because he filed his patent *1* hour earlier than the other guy. Anyone remember his name? Probably not (well, tilly probably does, but then he knows all that triva...).

So, no, we don't need the 'Reinvented Wheel' section of the monastery. We need the 'Parallel Evolution Showcase' section.

--Chris

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