Pure invention is overrated. While it's nice if a technology exists in a lab somewhere or in somebody's head, I don't really care.
Microsoft put cheap GUI computing on everbody's desk and broke the vertical hardware micromonopolies, commoditizing hardware.
Microsoft gave me run whoever's programs you want computing, no permission needed computing on everbody's desk.
Apple put touchscreen microcomputer app technology in my hand. I don't care if they didn't invent any bit of it, they were the ones who made it available and synthesized the pieces to make a whole much greater than the parts.
Apple put cheap mostly individual digital music in my hand. Who cares that they didn't invent digital audio, compression, or mp3 players -- they were the ones let me have them.
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Pure invention is overrated. While it's nice if a technology exists in a lab somewhere or in somebody's head, I don't really care.
Microsoft put cheap GUI computing on everbody's desk and broke the vertical hardware micromonopolies, commoditizing hardware.
Microsoft gave me run whoever's programs you want computing, no permission needed computing on everbody's desk.
Apple put touchscreen microcomputer app technology in my hand. I don't care if they didn't invent any bit of it, they were the ones who made it available and synthesized the pieces to make a whole much greater than the parts.
Apple put cheap mostly individual digital music in my hand. Who cares that they didn't invent digital audio, compression, or mp3 players -- they were the ones let me have them.
etc etc