Neither side wins without the other. The PDF is worth reading just for the chapter on the "Homebrew Computer Club," where a shy 19-year-old named Bill Gates saw his Altair BASIC software being copied for free and wrote his famous "Open Letter to Hobbyists" calling them thieves.
Isaacson identifies several key characteristics that defined the innovators of the digital revolution: Walter Isaacson The Innovators.pdf
As the story unfolds, Isaacson introduces us to a cast of characters who embody the spirit of innovation. There's Steve Jobs, the enigmatic co-founder of Apple, who merged technology and art to create products that transformed the way we live. There's also Bill Gates, the brilliant businessman who built Microsoft into a software giant. And then there's Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the Google founders who dared to dream big and revolutionize the way we access information. Neither side wins without the other