(March 11, 2016 at 10:08 am)abaris Wrote:(March 11, 2016 at 3:48 am)paulpablo Wrote: For example I can't just say "Ok, I'm starting a company called Pauls computers, we aren't as good as Microsoft, we don't have a trusted company brand, I've invested no time at all in computer programming but I want people to be forced to buy Paul computers resulting in me earning as much as Bill Gates."
No question about Gates knowing his stuff, but he already started out loaded. And if his mother hadn't arranged for the IBM contract through personal relations with the CEO, Bill would have had a much harder time.
Not everything is entirely down to personal merit.
That's probably all true but I wasn't posting what I said to point out the positive merits of Bill Gates, I was pointing out how a free market results in different people bringing different value to a company, brand, or whatever is being sold.
Lot's of people are just born with advantages when it comes to value, the majority of actors and actresses who just happen to be born with good looks for example, people are free to choose who they want to see on television and it seems that most people like to see good looking people on TV and film which gives good looking people more value in that marketplace in general.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.