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On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 9:35:05 PM UTC-5, J. Clarke wrote:
In article bf2808e1-6340-44e8-800e-f0585fa92f44
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On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/8/2017 1:07 PM, woodchucker wrote:

The man offered all the companies the licensing rights. none took him up
on it.

I don't begrudge him. You do.. that's your problem.


Maybe. I have no idea of the terms he wanted. Over the years so
patents were offered free of royalty because they had the potential to
save lives. Being a generous sort of guy, I once offered a meal to a
starving homeless person for only $30.
http://jalopnik.com/volvo-gave-away-...ave-1069825878

That gesture was over half a century ago. I'm curious as to whether Volvo would be so
quick to give away their City Safety technology today.

I have no idea how it compares with other auto-braking technologies out there, but that's
not the point. In an apples-to-apples modern day comparison, do you know if Volvo is giving
away what they call their "in-house developed unique technology for avoiding low-speed
collisions"? I don't think they are, so why not use that as a comparable to the Saw-Stop
situation instead of a 50+ year old gesture?

When you say "Volvo" you mean "Zhejiang Geely
Holding Group". Volvo ceased to exist as an
indpendent company in 1999.

How is it that you know what *I* meant? Are you a mind reader?

In any case...

From: http://www.volvocars.com/intl/about/...ge/innovations

Copyright © 2017 Volvo Car Corporation (or its affiliates or licensors).

2008 ? City Safety

"Here are some amazing statistics ? 75% of all reported collisions take
place at speeds of up to 30km/h and in 50% of rear-enders, the driver
behind hasn?t braked at all. We saw an opportunity to make a great
difference ? our City Safety system uses laser detection to work out
whether a collision with the car in front is likely, and if the driver
doesn?t brake, the car will do it. And the system works up to 50km/h."

Hint: I don't really care who the parent company of Volvo Cars is. When I
said Volvo, I meant Volvo.

http://www.volvocars.com/intl/about/...ancial-results

Believe that the Chinese ownership makes no
difference in decisionmaking if you want to.
You probably think that Ford didn't exert any
control either.