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Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by Skunkleton on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @04:45PM (#15708134)
Linus is awesome, and he deserves all of his success/money, and possibly more. But it is also important to recognize all of the others that were involved in making Linux such a success. Linux w/ only Linus would not have been the success it is today.
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Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by dingo_bat on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @08:01PM (#15709468)
That's true for everything. Apple wouldn't have been apple without Woz, but I'd argue Jobs had a much bigger role in making apple what it is. Similarly, Linus is the one who has built and shaped Linux into what it is today. Other people have of course contributed, but they haven't influenced Linux in any way. If not for these specific people, some others could have contributed and we'd have the same result today. But you cannot replace Linus like that.
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Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by Skunkleton on Friday November 17, 2017 @12:00PM (#15723708)
What I mean is that it isn't just the Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Steve Wozniak that makes a product/idea/company what it is.
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