As a matter of common sense, the Gates example is irrelevant.  It is
usually cited as an example of a poor boy making it good under late cap-
italism (a la Horatio Alger).  But the odds for the rest of the workers
are dim to say the least.  They have a better chance of making it big
using the lottery.
wcm
>
> You, brian j. callahan, wrote:
>
> >Don asks:
> >>Did Bill Gates build Microsoft without using the overarching coercive
> >>power of the state?
> >
> >Well, for a start, there's  copyright law.
> Which Apple correctly says Gates flouted.
>
> _________
> Tresy Kilbourne, Seattle WA
> "The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't
> betray it I'd be ashamed of myself." --Noam Chomsky, responding to an
> accusation of betrayal by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
>