[agent281]

Have you heard of the War of the Currents?

> As the use of AC spread rapidly with other companies deploying their own systems, the Edison Electric Light Company claimed in early 1888 that high voltages used in an alternating current system were hazardous, and that the design was inferior to, and infringed on the patents behind, their direct current system.

> In the spring of 1888, a media furor arose over electrical fatalities caused by pole-mounted high-voltage AC lines, attributed to the greed and callousness of the arc lighting companies that operated them.

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

[bori5]

Tesla is barely mentioned in that article which is somewhat surprising

[throw4847285]

Not surprising at all. He was a minor player in the Current Wars compared to his primary benefactor, George Westinghouse. His image was rehabilitated first by Serbian-Americans and then by webcomic artists and Redditors, who turned him into a secular saint.

Most of what people think they know about Tesla is not actually true if you examine the historical record. But software engineering as a discipline demands business villains and craftsman heroes, and so Edison and Tesla were warped to fit those roles even though in real life there is only evidence of cordial interactions.