The truth about where 11 tech breakthroughs really came from
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It's like the famous quote mistakenly attributed to Pablo Picasso: Good artists copy; great artists steal.
There's something to be said for being the first one to the market.
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But the history of tech is riddled with cases where a company just straight up takes an old idea, perfects it, and ends up as a runaway success.
(Spoilers: Apple shows up a lot.)
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