The Com(puter) before the Storm

The Com(puter) before the Storm
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The Com(puter) before the Storm

They put a cow in a horse race! I'll never forget their full page adds in the computer mag. The race horses tearing out of the starting gates and here comes this jockey on a cow!

Well, they've been riding the cow to the finish and all that but now it's beyond the finish and they've started complaining about the -- as they put it -- "cut-throat" computer industry of today.

You see, in a society dominated by capitol, you need some guys and gals at the top who do nothing else all day but innovate. You have to keep the advantage of the initiative. We aren't talking careers, here.

It's when they stop coming up with something new that you see the blatant evidence. The people who invent things can only come up with new things if their inventions don't get stolen. If nothing more comes up but mere improvements, it's a sure bet the gismo has been stolen.

You see invention is boundless. The inventor is a kind of a visionary. You may think that when someone comes up with something then that's it, but it's not the case. The true inventor envisions the invention, and when that's done, there's another just around the corner. Though invention is boundless, the inventors are in short supply and they are usually easily destroyed.

But thieves abound. It's like the story of the guy who killed the goose that laid the golden egg. The greatness of America was the temporary shelter she afforded to the innovators for a while. Now everyone else can come up with improvements. Big deal. It's the innovation, the uniqueness, that counts.

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