I like one of Edisons  business strategies.  he intentionally lost the
contract to do the first electric chair.  he  though people would be so
horrified that they would never touch AC  again.  from a program on
edison  and his marketing genius, the man did not hesitate to use
anything in or out of the books to get his products out front.
jimt

On Saturday, Oct 5, 2002, at 12:44 America/Denver, DaveC wrote:

>> At 01:05 PM 10/5/2002, DaveC wrote:
>>> Nikola Tesla's invention of the AC polyphase power generation and
>>> distribution system we use today was a real fight to get accepted, in
>>> the face of Edison's "marketing".
>>
>> Was it Tesla or Westinghouse?
>
> Tesla was the inventor of the polyphase AC system. The patent is in
> his name. Westinghouse backed him financially in the creation of the
> first generation station at Niagra Falls.
>
> Dave