> I heard once that the only ones who got rich in the gold rush was the ones selling pans. Too bad Apples seems to have a monopoly on the mobile-app equivalent.

> I heard once that the only ones who got rich in the gold rush was the ones selling pans. Too bad Apples seems to have a monopoly on the mobile-app equivalent. Not just Apple... The original pan seller's legacy isn't doing too badly, either: http://mashable.com/2012/07/01/stanford-top-major-computer-science/ http://mashable.com/2012/07/01/stanford-top-major-computer-s...