>Everyone did. Developers he stole from stole it from someone else
Except perhaps the dev with the initial idea? Stealing someone else's idea might be widespread, but it doesn't make it right.
Except perhaps the dev with the initial idea? Stealing someone else's idea might be widespread, but it doesn't make it right.
Zynga shows me exactly why I don't share my ideas early on: A company with more money and more resources can bring the idea to market much faster than a 1 or 2 person shop.
I think the people that keep spreading this idea have the resources and money to 1) create their own ideas quickly and 2) take someone else's idea.
At some point you have to put your ideas/implementation/whatever out into the open (you might even have to advertise its existence). At that point, anyone better resourced than you can probably just mimic your work.
What alternative does anyone really have?