First thing - this is written by a "media guy" and looks essentially like a practice PR piece - http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/subma

First thing - this is written by a "media guy" and looks essentially like a practice PR piece - http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html. Second - whatever the source of the article it still has a point. The Samwers do execute reasonably competently and they do help bring new things to market. The thing that most people don't like is that they succeed and put bed to the lie that original ideas drive markets - when timing, location and execution matter more. See Apple's success in bringing copied tech to mass market consumption - one of the biggest companies in the world is a copycat and that is perfectly fine for Apple buying consumers.