I had some meeting with non-creative business person, just chatting over coffee. I wondered how much he used from our meeting for his enrichment.

Public papers with described research give advance to similar people. They jump over you and in many cases they give nothing back.

(Intellectual) greed is everywhere and is cross-border.

In case of public papers there is one extra vulnerability - competitor(s) can build anywhere, under the radar.

That’s why companies are so cautious about publishing their research…