Regarding these comparisons I am always tempted to refer to the: law of the handicap of a head start [1]. America being (many times) on the forefront of (partia

Regarding these comparisons I am always tempted to refer to the: law of the handicap of a head start [1]. America being (many times) on the forefront of (partial) technology adoption; gets also the legacy backslash when technology advances. I don't believe there are easy solutions to this. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_handicap_of_a_head_s...