You've somehow managed to originate two insanely useful pieces of software: Linux, and Git.
Do you think there's anything in your work habits, your approach to choosing projects, etc., that have helped you achieve that level of productivity? Or is it just the traditional combination of talent, effort, and luck?
Ideas and opinions are like assholes, everyone has them. He implemented two products from a sea of ideas, and did a better job of it than the other competing implementations, to the point where industry giants (Microsoft, Apple, Perforce, IBM/ClearCase, countless unix providers, etc.) are still trying to catch up.
I think that's why we're interested in his opinions rather than the giants on whose backs he stood on.
So when Steve Jobs has a ton of excellent ideas, coupled with his insane attention to details and precision tech and design... everyone calls him a copy and plagiarizer?!
Linux retards are the biggest bunch of hypocrites stuck in the 80's.
This is how progress works. Shoulders of giants etc. I think he deserves all the praise he gets for finding out what ideas to copy and how to make them succeed.
I just asked myself... what would John DeLorean do?
-- Raoul Duke
Productivity (Score:5, Interesting)
You've somehow managed to originate two insanely useful pieces of software: Linux, and Git.
Do you think there's anything in your work habits, your approach to choosing projects, etc., that have helped you achieve that level of productivity? Or is it just the traditional combination of talent, effort, and luck?
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Answer: You copy insanely useful ideas from others, and then let people erroneously attribute the developments to you personally.
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Ideas and opinions are like assholes, everyone has them. He implemented two products from a sea of ideas, and did a better job of it than the other competing implementations, to the point where industry giants (Microsoft, Apple, Perforce, IBM/ClearCase, countless unix providers, etc.) are still trying to catch up.
I think that's why we're interested in his opinions rather than the giants on whose backs he stood on.
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Oh really ?!
So when Steve Jobs has a ton of excellent ideas, coupled with his insane attention to details and precision tech and design...
everyone calls him a copy and plagiarizer?!
Linux retards are the biggest bunch of hypocrites stuck in the 80's.
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Like Unix people did with Multics?
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Except in that case it's the same people. And they learned from their Multics experience how to do it better.
Thompson and Ritchie deserve every ounce of credit they get... and probably some they don't get.
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This is how progress works. Shoulders of giants etc. I think he deserves all the praise he gets for finding out what ideas to copy and how to make them succeed.