《科技商评》:你们聘用了哪些类型的发明家?梅尔沃德:我们有很多位全职人员,而在外面还有多位合约发明家。总之有很多非常出色的人才。他们之所以能成功,原因之一是他们有一个庞大的经验基础。我们的发明家大部分是女性。有一次举行集体讨论会时,我们环顾四周,注意到男性只占少数,而且其中只有少数是白人。 Technology Review: What types of inventors do you employ? Myhrvold: We have a lot of full-time staff and a few contract inventors out there. In short, there are many very good people. One of the reasons they are successful is that they have a vast experience base. Most of our inventors are women. When there was a symposium once, we looked around, noting that men were the minority, and that only a few of them were white.