> Apple was a product of that system, not a cause of it. Companies like Apple do not happen in a pure deregulated neoliberal market paradise because markets don

> Apple was a product of that system, not a cause of it. Companies like Apple do not happen in a pure deregulated neoliberal market paradise because markets don't have the kind of strategic intelligence that can fund projects like Whirlwind, TX-0, and the original Arpanet - all of which are essential steps on the road to making an Apple or a Google. The book Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy [1] really hammers in this point. I highly recommend it to people who have an interest in this. I wrote a review that captures a lot of my reflections on the book itself and the subject matter [2]. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Capitalism-Innovation-Economy-Speculation/dp/1107031257 http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Capitalism-Innovation-Economy-Sp... [2] http://www.amazon.com/review/R2SCHS5SXNDF30/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1107031257&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books http://www.amazon.com/review/R2SCHS5SXNDF30/ref=cm_cr_dp_tit...