The thing about these companies is that they weren't the first to do what they do, but they figured out how to do it best.

Maybe there's a good life lesson there: hard work and execution is often more valuable than uniqueness.

My hope is that rather than using their size to suffocate competition, we'll continue to see innovation that challenges each of these companies. Smartphones, for example, have become stagnant. We're in need of a truly innovative communications device.