[marifjeren]

> Sure, it’s easy to look back 10 years and say X is just Y, cause it’s been around for 10 years!

Exactly. If the author published this in 2008 he would be saying "the iPhone is just a rehash of Blackberry but with a touch screen." If he published it in 2004 he would say, "the Blackberry is just a rehash of Palm but with a tiny keyboard." I don't know what came before Palm but you get the picture: innovation is clearly a cumulative process.

Besides, the value of unifying recent (or even ancient) technologies in a new way should not be overlooked.

[winternett]

This is why the Olympics have different classes of medals for achievement...

These days though, we reward far too many bronze medal winners with the most profit and investment.

Praising and being content with small victories is not the way to achieve gold... Praising large victories, and noting when they aren't happening enough is the way to inspire more gold medal winners AND the way to generate a lot more silver and bronze medal winners.