Originally Posted by janmcn

I'll try to explain what he said in simple terms. Steve Jobs could not have developed Apple if someone else hadn't already invented the internet. McDonald's would not exist if someone else had not invented the automobile. Microsoft would not exist if someone else had not invented the telephone.
Get it? It's sort of like 'it takes a village'. Somebody has to build the roads to get to businesses. Somebody has to lay the wires to connect the telephones and internet. I don't know how to explain it any simpler.