Oh, really, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was, in 1992-93, the blessed 'right place' showering unearned success on anyone nearby? Or perhaps it wa

Oh, really, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was, in 1992-93, the blessed 'right place' showering unearned success on anyone nearby? Or perhaps it was that Andreesen (HN username: pmarca) and his Mosaic collaborators helped make it into the right place with their perceptive, opportunistic actions? Also, has everyone else at those same places and times since, achieved the same investment results and current vantage point into the whole industry? Or perhaps instead Andreesen continued to assemble a portfolio of more hits than misses, and an ever-larger network of quality collaborators? This piss-on-success/noone-earned-or-knows-anything attitude is toxic and it saddens me that at two hours old it was the top comment on this submission. I'll value the opinions coming from Andreesen's 20-year track record, and deep involvement in some of the signature businesses of our times, over those of bitter comment-thread potshot-takers. If he says labor costs in the US are a business problem, it's got a lot more credibility than a disapproving 'ugh' grunt from someone who offers negative judgement without any argument/support.