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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by theprotocol on Thursday February 16, 2017 @05:24AM (#13658855)
The adage "we stand on the shoulders of giants" comes to mind. Some of the louder people in our industry could stand to remember this.

In truth, there are no giants (or maybe very few). Even the giants of the adage are actually made up of innumerable little people supporting each other.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration ... by semi-extrinsic on Thursday February 16, 2017 @08:24AM (#13659675)
Do note that when Newton coined the term "standing on the shoulders of giants" in a letter to Hooke, scholars believe he was making a friendly joke about Hooke being a rather delicately built man.
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