In response to requests that RTM reprint articles that have drawn unus
ual reader response, we continue here a new feature entitled ''RTM Cla
ssic.'' The first classic, ''Lucky Alva,'' appeared in our July-August
1995 issue (pp. 28-30). Its author Vladimir Haensel, imagined howl Ed
ison would have fared in trying to obtain funding for his electric lig
ht bulb idea in the modern corporate environment.