Maybe things have shifted, but the Jobs bio and the Gates bio makes one think that in the technology land rush, "better technology" looses to "driven and good a

Maybe things have shifted, but the Jobs bio and the Gates bio makes one think that in the technology land rush, "better technology" looses to "driven and good at making deals." Perhaps the "worse is better" feature of technological culture explains it, but the Woz and Unix did not win; Jobs and Microsoft won. (Perhaps free software will win in the end, but no guarantees in history.) In fact, if I had to explain the change in technology over my lifetime it is that the people who understand technology and love elegance and efficiency are being pushed out by the people that want to be wealthy and get in on good deals.