Innovation - whether in technology, finance, or politics germinates out of the cliche that the only constant is change.  The world was one way, an innovator saw a better way, applied thought and energy to that realization, made an idea into reality and the world changed.   What often happens, though, is that the innovator, if truly successful, ( Read more... )

 Real competition is a good thing (for customers) even when real competition comes from such an unlikely sources as Microsoft...