[Discuss] Econonomic contribution

[markw at mohawksoft.com]

> On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:57 AM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure I agree. Many people can dream and be creative, opportunity
>> to bring it to fruition is more elusive. It is a mixture of character
>> and
>> circumstance. It is not certain that either Jobs or Ritchie, outside of
>> the circumstances of their life, would have been so accomplished.
>
> You're weaseling.  The facts are that both had ideas and both found ways
> to bring them to fruition.  The end.

I was not, "weaseling," I was addressing the general case as was argued in
the emil prior to my response, i.e. giants who stand on the shoulders of
giants, and thus none of the giants are actually giants. Obviously giants
standing on the shoulders of giants can see further than the same number
of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of other dwarfs.

Yes, both had "ideas" some their own, and some the modification of the
ideas of others (giants).

The question is, and has always been, despite the digression, who
contributed more to the industry as a whole. The guy who, in very general
and simplistic terms, created the environment or a salesman who
contributed to making it pretty?

>
> --Rich P.
>
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