[wimagguc]

This reminds me of "If Edison didn't invent the light bulb, someone else would have: there were thousands of other engineers experimenting with the exact same thing, a natural next step after electricity came about" (-- paraphrased from Kevin Kelly)

[SixSigma]

One was called Swan, Edison tried to sue him for patent infringement but Edison's lawyers warned him about prior art, so instead he negotiated a joint venture.

You may remember the "Mazda" brand of bulbs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_and_Swan_Electric_Light...

[nuclai]

Oh, absolutely. It's an idea whose time had come ;-)